A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 60 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (37 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19770890. Id of event: ak19770890. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/18 / 2018-06-14 17:36:54 / June 14, 2018 @ 5:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.1958 East, latitude 51.4395 North, depth = 39.6 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:36:54 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.6 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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