A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 49 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska (30 miles) on Tuesday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:10:32 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000auxr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17067892, us1000auxr. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/17 / 2017-10-17 20:10:32 / October 17, 2017 @ 8:10 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.51 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -163.043 West, latitude 54.464 North, depth = 80.51 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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