A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 65 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (40 miles). Exact location of event, depth 28.69 km, -169.6589° West, 52.599° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019g1kk3g2, us70006pxv. Unique identifier: us70006pxv. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:51:31 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 23:51:31 / December 15, 2019 @ 11:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.69 km (18 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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