A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 57 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (35 miles) on Monday. Id of earthquake: us70009ga2. Event ids that are associated: ak02055bx3hk, us70009ga2. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:26:23 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 06:26:23 / April 21, 2020 @ 6:26 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -169.5809° West, 52.6475° North.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 57 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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