A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (8 miles). Id of earthquake: ak11681413. Event ids that are associated: ak11681413. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 06:45:49 / August 19, 2015 @ 6:45 am. The temblor was picked up at 21:45:49 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 178.4517° East, 51.8344° North, depth 92 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty 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.
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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. 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: 13 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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