A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 51 km E of Adak, Alaska (32 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -175.9215 West, latitude 51.8014 North, depth = 57.7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.7 km (36 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14719458. Id of event: ak14719458. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/12/16 / 2016-12-13 05:10:05 / December 13, 2016 @ 5:10 am. The temblor was detected at 19:10:05 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km E of Adak, Alaska.
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