A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 138 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (86 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 05:43:15 / November 15, 2018 @ 5:43 am. Id of earthquake: us1000hs9h. Event ids that are associated: ak20360331, us1000hs9h. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:43:15 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 179.0166 East, latitude 50.7426 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 138 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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