A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 99 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska (62 miles). Event id: ak019bj4r9cv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019bj4r9cv. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/09/19 / 2019-09-08 01:45:31 / September 8, 2019 @ 1:45 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:45:31 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -167.419 West, latitude 53.112 North, depth = 34 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days eighty-five 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 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 99 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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