A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 25 km ESE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (16 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/03/18 / 2018-03-16 13:57:53 / March 16, 2018 @ 1:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.8568 East, latitude 51.8809 North, depth = 102.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:57:53 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18700794. Id of event: ak18700794. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.5 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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