A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 215 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (134 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -163.6009 West, latitude 52.6985 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20034296, us1000g5mp. Unique identifier: us1000g5mp. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:05:33 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 13:05:33 / August 1, 2018 @ 1:05 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 215 km SE of Akutan, Alaska.
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