A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 73 km ESE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (45 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.6819 West, latitude 52.4143 North, depth = 35 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:13:43 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000hb4t. Event ids that are associated: ak20246057, us2000hb4t. Global time and date of event 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 02:13:43 / September 8, 2018 @ 2:13 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km ESE of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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