A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 98 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (61 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:09:01 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008nu2. Unique identifier: us10008nu2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.6279 East, latitude 51.0703 North, depth = 52.48 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.48 km (33 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/04/17 / 2017-04-27 16:09:01 / April 27, 2017 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 98 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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