A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 58 km SW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska (36 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/02/17 / 2017-02-02 15:21:21 / February 2, 2017 @ 3:21 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:21:21 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 170 km (106 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.4994 West, latitude 60.1192 North, depth = 170 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak15191129. Unique identifier: ak15191129.
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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km SW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
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