A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska (100 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 03:40:47 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -163.52 West, latitude 53.4005 North, depth = 3.05 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.05 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/04/18 / 2018-04-19 14:40:47 / April 19, 2018 @ 2:40 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak19243856, us1000drpq. Unique identifier: us1000drpq.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 161 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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