A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 114 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (71 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 13.4 km, -169.7071° West, 51.7987° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak16990805, us2000b24t. Unique identifier: us2000b24t. Global time and date of event 01/10/17 / 2017-10-01 08:13:02 / October 1, 2017 @ 8:13 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:13:02 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 13.4 km (8 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 114 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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