A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (80 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us60005lll. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019aubmr2z, us60005lll. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/19 / 2019-08-24 01:34:57 / August 24, 2019 @ 1:34 am. Exact location of event, longitude -164.0147 West, latitude 53.6035 North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:34:57 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 129 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska.
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