A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 122 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (76 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/17 / 2017-09-19 10:46:22 / September 19, 2017 @ 10:46 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:46:22 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000asy5. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16855500, us2000asy5. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.74 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 33.74 km, 178.0106° East, 50.8952° North.
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 four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 122 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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