A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 37 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (23 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/03/18 / 2018-03-14 21:12:29 / March 14, 2018 @ 9:12 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000d7qk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18696323, us1000d7qk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.51 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:12:29 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 37.51 km, -168.6875° West, 52.6222° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 37 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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