A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 50 km S of Yunaska Island, Alaska (31 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.11 km (24 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/18 / 2018-03-03 21:03:54 / March 3, 2018 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000d2df. Event ids that are associated: ak18579743, us1000d2df. The temblor was picked up at 10:03:54 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -170.6745° West, 52.1735° North, depth 39.11 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km S of Yunaska Island, Alaska.
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