A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (47 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/20 / 2020-06-12 03:30:14 / June 12, 2020 @ 3:30 am. The temblor was reported at 03:30:14 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -167.7751 West, latitude 52.8053 North, depth = 27.56 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.56 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0207ja3or5, us6000acch. Id of event: us6000acch.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 75 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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