A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 21 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (13 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 128.85 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 178.2804° East, latitude 51.8189° North, depth = 128.85 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 19:05:30 / December 25, 2019 @ 7:05 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019gi19zd2, us70006vwq. Unique identifier: us70006vwq. The temblor was detected at 09:05:30 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 21 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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