A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 56 km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska (35 miles). Global time and date of event 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 06:21:27 / July 9, 2016 @ 6:21 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:21:27 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 121.3 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -153.2344° West, latitude 60.0448° North, depth = 121.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13744875. Id of event: ak13744875.
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 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel it?
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: 56 km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply