A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 25 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (16 miles). Exact location, longitude 178.34° East, latitude 51.7465° North, depth = 122.4 km. Id of earthquake: us2000a4h2. Event ids that are associated: us2000a4h2. The temblor was detected at 04:47:50 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.4 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/17 / 2017-07-31 14:47:50 / July 31, 2017 @ 2:47 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 25 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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