A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 54 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (34 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -169.3037 West, latitude 52.5246 North, depth = 13 km. Id of earthquake: ak0191uvimo. Event ids that are associated: ak0191uvimo. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:32:57 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 12:32:57 / January 1, 2019 @ 12:32 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty 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.
How would you describe the shaking?
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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply