A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 87 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska (54 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 2 km (1 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:40:20 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -136.6884° West, latitude 59.816° North, depth = 2 km. Event id: ak15910885. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15910885. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 23:40:20 / May 4, 2017 @ 11:40 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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