A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 36 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (22 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13760729, us20006hpg. Id of event: us20006hpg. The temblor was picked up at 01:45:53 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 113.6 km, 178.3306° East, 51.6414° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.6 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/16 / 2016-07-17 10:45:53 / July 17, 2016 @ 10:45 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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