A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 86 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (53 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 01:32:53 / August 12, 2016 @ 1:32 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:32:53 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak13840613. Event ids that are associated: ak13840613. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.8 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 177.8094° East, 51.3055° North, depth 29.8 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 86 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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