A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 58 km S of Adak, Alaska (36 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 23:54:30 / June 22, 2016 @ 11:54 pm. Id of earthquake: us200066q6. Event ids that are associated: ak13682451, us200066q6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.67 km (26 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -176.7881 West, latitude 51.3575 North, depth = 41.67 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:54:30 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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