A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 34 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (21 miles). Global time and date of event 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 19:26:39 / April 23, 2020 @ 7:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 178.2336 East, latitude 51.6848 North, depth = 75.41 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 75.41 km (47 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:26:39 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak02058uqgu7, us700097mx. Id of event: us700097mx.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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