A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 65 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (40 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 177.848° East, 51.5189° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:49:43 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 23:49:43 / April 2, 2019 @ 11:49 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us700034fw. Event ids that are associated: us700034fw.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 65 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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