A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 49 km SE of Atka, Alaska (30 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 01:49:13 / February 16, 2019 @ 1:49 am UTC/GMT. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:49:13 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak01925r5acn. Unique identifier: ak01925r5acn. Exact location of event, longitude -173.6816 West, latitude 51.8933 North, depth = 42.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.8 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 49 km SE of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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