A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 90 km SSE of Shishmaref, Alaska (56 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/19 / 2019-10-10 02:29:52 / October 10, 2019 @ 2:29 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019d02gems. Unique identifier: ak019d02gems. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:29:52 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -165.1061° West, 65.5475° North, depth 0 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 90 km SSE of Shishmaref, Alaska.
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