A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 67 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (42 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 178.4034° East, 51.3485° North, depth 80.15 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 80.15 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:54:23 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008sgv. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16032623, us10008sgv. Global time and date of event 14/05/17 / 2017-05-14 11:54:23 / May 14, 2017 @ 11:54 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 67 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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