A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 78 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska (48 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13636611. Unique identifier: ak13636611. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -140.6396 West, latitude 60.0776 North, depth = 0 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/06/16 / 2016-06-08 07:43:36 / June 8, 2016 @ 7:43 am. The temblor was reported at 23:43:36 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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