A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 44 km S of Adak, Alaska (27 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35.76 km, -176.7264° West, 51.479° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/19 / 2019-01-12 05:59:59 / January 12, 2019 @ 5:59 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.76 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:59:59 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000j8g3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019jy0rkj, us2000j8g3.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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