A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 82 km NE of Akutan, Alaska (51 miles). Id of earthquake: us20007d66. Event ids that are associated: ak14195562, us20007d66. Exact location of event, longitude -164.7195 West, latitude 54.543 North, depth = 5.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.2 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:47:47 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/10/16 / 2016-10-05 14:47:47 / October 5, 2016 @ 2:47 pm.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km NE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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