A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported near the south coast of Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 03:11:48 / August 21, 2018 @ 3:11 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.2 km (17 miles). Exact location, longitude -172.8904° West, latitude 64.4095° North, depth = 27.2 km. The temblor was detected at 03:11:48 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak20257789. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20257789.
Each 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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