A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 14 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (9 miles) on Sunday. Event id: ak15554125. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15554125. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/17 / 2017-03-20 06:51:08 / March 20, 2017 @ 6:51 am. The temblor was reported at 20:51:08 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.3072 East, latitude 51.9033 North, depth = 123.4 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 123.4 km (77 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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