A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 68 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska (42 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak16776462, us2000an00. Unique identifier: us2000an00. Exact location of event, longitude -165.7823 West, latitude 53.4508 North, depth = 41.38 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/09/17 / 2017-09-07 15:42:09 / September 7, 2017 @ 3:42 pm. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:42:09 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.38 km (26 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 68 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska.
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