A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 46 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (29 miles). Exact location, longitude 178.2736° East, latitude 51.5563° North, depth = 60.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/16 / 2016-06-09 12:09:41 / June 9, 2016 @ 12:09 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13649619. Id of event: ak13649619. The temblor was detected at 00:09:41 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.4 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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