A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 17 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (11 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 178.6234° East, latitude 51.8053° North, depth = 110.6 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:57:14 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14354062, us10007bji. Id of event: us10007bji. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.6 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/16 / 2016-11-16 10:57:14 / November 16, 2016 @ 10:57 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two 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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