A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 36 km SE of Atka, Alaska (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -173.804° West, 51.9798° North, depth 94.2 km. Unique identifier: ak15681031. Ids that are associated to the event: ak15681031. Global time and date of event 04/04/17 / 2017-04-04 16:33:28 / April 4, 2017 @ 4:33 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94.2 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:33:28 / 6:33 am (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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km SE of Atka, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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