A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 88 km SE of Chignik Lake, Alaska (55 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/19 / 2019-03-09 05:09:31 / March 9, 2019 @ 5:09 am. The temblor was reported at 18:09:31 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak01934jkr34. Event ids that are associated: ak01934jkr34. Exact location of event, longitude -157.8691 West, latitude 55.6388 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 88 km SE of Chignik Lake, Alaska.
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