A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -178.5615 West, latitude 51.6499 North, depth = 15.7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 20:34:30 / May 8, 2017 @ 8:34 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak16116967. Unique identifier: ak16116967. The temblor was picked up at 20:34:30 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 15.7 km (10 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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