A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 5 km WNW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (3 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/16 / 2016-07-07 00:26:08 / July 7, 2016 @ 12:26 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.7 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10006308. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13742324, us10006308. Exact location of event, longitude 178.4344 East, latitude 51.9739 North, depth = 107.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:26:08 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km WNW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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