A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 71 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (44 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 15:44:48 / May 2, 2018 @ 3:44 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:44:48 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000dyel. Event ids that are associated: ak19301887, us1000dyel. Exact location of event, longitude -169.3422 West, latitude 52.3628 North, depth = 35 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 71 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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