A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 12 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (7 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 128.2 km (80 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 23:00:11 / December 6, 2016 @ 11:00 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14718052. Id of event: ak14718052. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.4744 East, latitude 51.8368 North, depth = 128.2 km. The temblor was reported at 13:00:11 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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