A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 87 km WSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (54 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.5 km (28 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13885096. Id of event: ak13885096. The temblor was detected at 19:02:36 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -156.8601° West, latitude 55.4771° North, depth = 44.5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 05:02:36 / August 29, 2016 @ 5:02 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 87 km WSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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