A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 km S of Amukta Island, Alaska (48 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/18 / 2018-05-27 06:41:25 / May 27, 2018 @ 6:41 am. The temblor was reported at 19:41:25 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.57 km (23 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -171.4687 West, latitude 51.8086 North, depth = 36.57 km. Unique identifier: us1000ek8a. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19670162, us1000ek8a.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km S of Amukta Island, Alaska.
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