A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (62 miles) on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18022503, us1000c28n. Id of event: us1000c28n. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -164.7108 West, latitude 53.4875 North, depth = 21.62 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 20:46:23 / January 8, 2018 @ 8:46 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:46:23 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.62 km (13 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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