A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 45 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (28 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 10:29:04 / April 25, 2018 @ 10:29 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19269418. Id of event: ak19269418. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:29:04 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.7 km (44 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.7443 East, latitude 51.566 North, depth = 70.7 km.
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 one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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