A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.3 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak15991382. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15991382. The temblor was reported at 17:57:37 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -178.4516° West, latitude 51.6149° North, depth = 9.3 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 17:57:37 / May 8, 2017 @ 5:57 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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