A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 97 km S of Atka, Alaska (60 miles) on Saturday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:05:10 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak11693140. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11693140. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 14:05:10 / September 5, 2015 @ 2:05 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.3 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -174.26° West, 51.3177° North, depth 13.3 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 97 km S of Atka, Alaska.
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