A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 53 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (33 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 10:37:45 / December 28, 2017 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:37:45 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -165.366° West, 53.7225° North, depth 36.53 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.53 km (23 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17717398, us1000c0yk. Id of event: us1000c0yk.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska.
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