A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 12 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:37:08 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006rhu. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13976771, us10006rhu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/16 / 2016-09-14 14:37:08 / September 14, 2016 @ 2:37 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 178.5206 East, latitude 51.8411 North, depth = 110.4 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 110.4 km (69 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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