A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported near the south coast of Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -172.871° West, 64.4987° North. The temblor was detected at 00:20:11 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 00:20:11 / August 21, 2018 @ 12:20 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20257766. Unique identifier: ak20257766.
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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: near the south coast of Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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