A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 64 km NW of Yunaska Island, Alaska (40 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.7 km (66 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/17 / 2017-11-09 06:53:57 / November 9, 2017 @ 6:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -171.2618 West, latitude 53.0994 North, depth = 106.7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17203581. Id of event: ak17203581. The temblor was detected at 19:53:57 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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: 64 km NW of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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