A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 51 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (32 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:03:08 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.6 km (35 miles). Global time and date of event 29/02/20 / 2020-02-29 08:03:08 / February 29, 2020 @ 8:03 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0202rd0y9k. Unique identifier: ak0202rd0y9k. Exact location, longitude 178.8929° East, latitude 51.5509° North, depth = 56.6 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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