A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 118 km SW of King Salmon, Alaska (73 miles). Global time and date of event 09/09/16 / 2016-09-09 07:07:31 / September 9, 2016 @ 7:07 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -157.7894 West, latitude 57.8066 North, depth = 188.1 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:07:31 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13924588. Unique identifier: ak13924588. The epicenter was at a depth of 188.1 km (117 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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