A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, near the south coast of Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:47:26 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 01:47:26 / August 21, 2018 @ 1:47 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.3 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -172.624 West, latitude 64.4116 North, depth = 14.3 km. Event id: ak20257778. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20257778.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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