A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 114 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (71 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14350355, us10007a9i. Id of event: us10007a9i. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/16 / 2016-11-15 21:52:17 / November 15, 2016 @ 9:52 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:52:17 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.852 East, latitude 50.9426 North, depth = 8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 114 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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