A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 29 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (18 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 04:30:14 / August 9, 2015 @ 4:30 am. Exact location, longitude 178.1081° East, latitude 51.8491° North, depth = 139.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 139.4 km (87 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:30:14 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100030i5. Event ids that are associated: us100030i5, ak11673492.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 twelve, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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