A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 36 km S of Akutan, Alaska (22 miles) on Saturday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:11:45 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67.15 km (42 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -165.805 West, latitude 53.8109 North, depth = 67.15 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019bupbfh1, us70005mv1. Unique identifier: us70005mv1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/19 / 2019-09-15 01:11:45 / September 15, 2019 @ 1:11 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 36 km S of Akutan, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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