A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 53 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (33 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.4739 East, latitude 51.4648 North, depth = 40.8 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:19:47 / 10:19 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13736436, us100061pb. Unique identifier: us100061pb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.8 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/16 / 2016-07-03 19:19:47 / July 3, 2016 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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