A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak12970168. Unique identifier: ak12970168. The temblor was reported at 22:30:53 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 22:30:53 / March 12, 2016 @ 10:30 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.9308 West, latitude 51.3907 North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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