A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 91 km E of Middleton Island, Alaska (57 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:34:51 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005cm4, ak13504353. Unique identifier: ak13504353. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/04/16 / 2016-04-30 00:34:51 / April 30, 2016 @ 12:34 am. Exact location, longitude -144.7113° West, latitude 59.5604° North, depth = 12.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.7 km (8 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 91 km E of Middleton Island, Alaska.
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