A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 287 km SE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (178 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 13:44:49 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -152.9012° West, 53.7802° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak19743845, us1000eth6. Unique identifier: us1000eth6. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 23:44:49 / June 9, 2018 @ 11:44 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 287 km SE of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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