A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 22 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (14 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 178.5266 East, latitude 51.7439 North, depth = 100.56 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/08/19 / 2019-08-28 11:12:16 / August 28, 2019 @ 11:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:12:16 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000596u. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019b13lo4q, us7000596u. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.56 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 22 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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