A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 129 km ESE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (80 miles). Global time and date of event 27/05/18 / 2018-05-27 18:30:37 / May 27, 2018 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak19672679. Event ids that are associated: ak19672679. Exact location of earthquake, -153.6503° West, 55.4822° North, depth 0.1 km. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:30:37 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 ESE of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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