A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 59 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (37 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/19 / 2019-09-10 18:38:47 / September 10, 2019 @ 6:38 pm. Unique identifier: ak019bmpwuow. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019bmpwuow. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.1 km (24 miles). Exact location, longitude 178.8086° East, latitude 51.4487° North, depth = 39.1 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:38:47 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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