A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 31 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska (19 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -139.43 West, latitude 59.786 North, depth = 6.2 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.2 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:02:20 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13583512, us10005jfu. Unique identifier: us10005jfu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 06:02:20 / May 15, 2016 @ 6:02 am.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska.
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