A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 18 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (11 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 01:05:29 / August 29, 2015 @ 1:05 am. Unique identifier: us100035yn. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11687724, us100035yn. Exact location, longitude 178.382° East, latitude 51.798° North, depth = 94.1 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:05:29 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94.1 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 18 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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