A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 63 km ESE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (39 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 23:04:37 / July 8, 2016 @ 11:04 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57 km (35 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:04:37 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.822 West, latitude 52.438 North, depth = 57 km. Unique identifier: us20006egr. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13744287, us20006egr.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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