A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 45 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska (28 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.3318 West, latitude 53.1878 North, depth = 95.4 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019cyqvcnk, us7000625f. Unique identifier: us7000625f. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95.4 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/19 / 2019-10-09 22:37:06 / October 9, 2019 @ 10:37 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:37:06 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 45 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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