A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Saturday. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:47:31 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/17 / 2017-04-29 02:47:31 / April 29, 2017 @ 2:47 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 134.6 km (84 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 178.3446° East, 51.7802° North, depth 134.6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak15829125. Unique identifier: ak15829125.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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