A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 17 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (11 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 100.5 km (62 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 23:57:39 / July 26, 2016 @ 11:57 pm. Unique identifier: ak13803864. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13803864. The temblor was detected at 14:57:39 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 178.4403° East, 51.801° North, depth 100.5 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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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