A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 272 km SE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (169 miles). Id of earthquake: ak18723663. Event ids that are associated: ak18723663. Global time and date of event 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 07:13:06 / March 15, 2018 @ 7:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -152.6971° West, latitude 54.0534° North, depth = 11.9 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.9 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:13:06 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 272 km SE of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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