A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 98 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (61 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.8 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:04:55 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -164.3419° West, latitude 53.8545° North, depth = 27.8 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak01934hrfzi. Id of event: ak01934hrfzi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/19 / 2019-03-09 02:04:55 / March 9, 2019 @ 2:04 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 98 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska.
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