A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska (14 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13011329. Id of event: ak13011329. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.3 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -168.631° West, 53.0778° North, depth 93.3 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:44:52 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/03/16 / 2016-03-20 00:44:52 / March 20, 2016 @ 12:44 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 22 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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