A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 73 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (45 miles). Exact location, longitude -165.2376° West, latitude 53.5575° North, depth = 59.8 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14676666. Id of event: ak14676666. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 01:26:31 / December 8, 2016 @ 1:26 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.8 km (37 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:26:31 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska.
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