A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 23 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (14 miles). Id of earthquake: ak16327334. Event ids that are associated: ak16327334. The epicenter was at a depth of 114.4 km (71 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 178.2991° East, 51.7754° North, depth 114.4 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/17 / 2017-07-11 05:54:22 / July 11, 2017 @ 5:54 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:54:22 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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