A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 8.7 km, -178.5437° West, 51.6681° North. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:40:13 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16017036. Id of event: ak16017036. Global time and date of event 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 11:40:13 / May 10, 2017 @ 11:40 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.7 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventeen, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
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