A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 55 km WNW of Cordova, Alaska (34 miles). Id of earthquake: ak17120194. Event ids that are associated: ak17120194. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:11:02 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -146.7444° West, latitude 60.6583° North, depth = 0 km. Global time and date of event 30/10/17 / 2017-10-30 14:11:02 / October 30, 2017 @ 2:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 55 km WNW of Cordova, Alaska.
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