A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 129 km WSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (80 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:41:12 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -157.3344° West, latitude 55.1908° North, depth = 1.2 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18494333. Unique identifier: ak18494333. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 22:41:12 / February 22, 2018 @ 10:41 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 129 km WSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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