A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -178.3835 West, latitude 51.65 North, depth = 8.4 km. The temblor was reported at 16:04:56 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.4 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak16014344. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16014344. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 16:04:56 / May 9, 2017 @ 4:04 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and seventy-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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