A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 46 km E of Amatignak Island, Alaska (29 miles) on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11689306. Unique identifier: ak11689306. Exact location of event, longitude -178.4415 West, latitude 51.2252 North, depth = 33.1 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.1 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:41:46 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 08:41:46 / September 1, 2015 @ 8:41 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 46 km E of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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