A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 105 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (65 miles). Exact location, longitude 178.7532° East, latitude 51.0132° North, depth = 16 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak14332227. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14332227. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/11/16 / 2016-11-14 08:34:03 / November 14, 2016 @ 8:34 am. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:34:03 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 105 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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