A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 38 km W of Amukta Island, Alaska (24 miles) on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us2000cllt. Event ids that are associated: ak18073751, us2000cllt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.4 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -171.8264 West, latitude 52.449 North, depth = 103.4 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/18 / 2018-01-16 22:40:24 / January 16, 2018 @ 10:40 pm. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:40:24 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km W of Amukta Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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