A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 81 km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska (50 miles). Unique identifier: ak12052112. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12052112. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 03:37:51 / November 24, 2015 @ 3:37 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:37:51 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -150.7125 West, latitude 62.9967 North, depth = 100 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 81 km NNW of Talkeetna, Alaska.
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