A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (9 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:47:45 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 106.4 km (66 miles). Global time and date of event 12/08/15 / 2015-08-12 22:47:45 / August 12, 2015 @ 10:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 106.4 km, 178.3511° East, 51.862° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11676851. Id of event: ak11676851.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 14 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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