A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 186 km ESE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (116 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.9672 West, latitude 55.093 North, depth = 0.1 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/18 / 2018-01-09 02:55:14 / January 9, 2018 @ 2:55 am. Id of earthquake: ak18024886. Event ids that are associated: ak18024886. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:55:14 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 186 km ESE of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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