A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 7 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (4 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.9 km (73 miles). Unique identifier: ak11695638. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11695638. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 03:32:07 / September 8, 2015 @ 3:32 am. The temblor was detected at 18:32:07 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 178.486° East, latitude 51.8802° North, depth = 117.9 km.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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