A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (38 miles). Unique identifier: ak19888334. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19888334. The temblor was reported at 13:47:42 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 178.8094° East, 51.4268° North, depth 37.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.2 km (23 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/18 / 2018-07-17 23:47:42 / July 17, 2018 @ 11:47 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one 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 quakes 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. 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: 61 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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