A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 95 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (59 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.4106 West, latitude 52.1454 North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:59:02 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 17:59:02 / January 30, 2019 @ 5:59 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000is5m. Event ids that are associated: ak0191dwlfv9, us1000is5m.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 95 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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