A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 155 km SSE of Atka, Alaska (96 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:53:01 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.7 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -173.2393° West, latitude 50.9306° North, depth = 38.7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak02051b547. Id of event: ak02051b547. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/20 / 2020-01-03 04:53:01 / January 3, 2020 @ 4:53 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 155 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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