A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 79 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska (49 miles). Unique identifier: ak14955003. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14955003. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.7 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/01/17 / 2017-01-05 02:05:43 / January 5, 2017 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -161.6552 West, latitude 55.6248 North, depth = 7.7 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:05:43 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter).
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 five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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