A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 122 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (76 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.2739 East, latitude 50.8556 North, depth = 42.6 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:53:54 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak15193566, us20008hgu. Unique identifier: us20008hgu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.6 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/17 / 2017-02-03 02:53:54 / February 3, 2017 @ 2:53 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 122 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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