A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Sitka in Alaska on Sunday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:23:24 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.3 km (2 miles). Global time and date of event 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 10:23:24 / December 3, 2017 @ 10:23 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000bkje. Event ids that are associated: ak17442032, us1000bkje. Exact location of event, longitude -136.3909 West, latitude 57.1782 North, depth = 3.3 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Sitka (c. 8 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sitka.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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