A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 101 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (63 miles). Unique identifier: ak14644906. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14644906. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 00:29:15 / December 7, 2016 @ 12:29 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.9 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 178.9001 East, latitude 51.0678 North, depth = 13.9 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:29:15 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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