A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 km NW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (11 miles). Id of earthquake: ak19840992. Event ids that are associated: ak19840992. Exact location, longitude 178.3231° East, latitude 52.0752° North, depth = 179 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 179 km (111 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 11:45:23 / July 5, 2018 @ 11:45 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:45:23 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km NW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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