A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 63 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (39 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 18.2 km, 178.5336° East, 51.3744° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/17 / 2017-09-16 07:12:20 / September 16, 2017 @ 7:12 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:12:20 / 7:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000arbw. Event ids that are associated: ak16832252, us2000arbw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.2 km (11 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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