A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska (67 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.57 km (15 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:19:13 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 24.57 km, -164.0388° West, 53.942° North. Id of earthquake: us2000gd38. Event ids that are associated: ak19892197, us2000gd38. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 12:19:13 / July 18, 2018 @ 12:19 pm.
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 two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 108 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska.
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