A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (71 miles) on Saturday. Event id: us10003zwm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11913921, us10003zwm. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.1 km (11 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 21:24:57 / November 14, 2015 @ 9:24 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -164.161 West, latitude 53.717 North, depth = 17.1 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:24:57 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter).
Each 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 seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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