A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 25 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (16 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 15:19:26 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.57 km (63 miles). Exact location, longitude 178.6777° East, latitude 51.7416° North, depth = 101.57 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak12939508, us10004tzu. Unique identifier: us10004tzu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 01:19:26 / March 2, 2016 @ 1:19 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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