A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 91 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (57 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak14644906, us20007z0x. Unique identifier: us20007z0x. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:29:17 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 179.0083° East, latitude 51.1932° North, depth = 23.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.9 km (15 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 00:29:17 / December 7, 2016 @ 12:29 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 91 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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