A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (89 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us2000dvv8. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000dvv8. The temblor was picked up at 14:47:34 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/18 / 2018-04-07 01:47:34 / April 7, 2018 @ 1:47 am. Exact location of event, longitude -164.0729 West, latitude 53.3336 North, depth = 10.09 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.09 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska.
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