A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 19 km NW of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (12 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 20:24:10 / October 14, 2016 @ 8:24 pm. The temblor was detected at 11:24:10 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 179.3675 East, latitude 52.0567 North, depth = 182.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.7 km (114 miles). Unique identifier: us20007e8g. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14206921, us20007e8g.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 19 km NW of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.
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