A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 26 km W of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (16 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0196pkc20o, us60003sif. Unique identifier: us60003sif. Exact location of earthquake, 178.124° East, 51.9729° North, depth 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:50:07 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/05/19 / 2019-05-26 06:50:07 / May 26, 2019 @ 6:50 am UTC/GMT.
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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 26 km W of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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