A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 91 km NNW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (57 miles). Unique identifier: ak0191gxb0ur. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0191gxb0ur. Exact location of event, longitude -156.2433 West, latitude 56.5675 North, depth = 64.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.2 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 00:18:28 / February 1, 2019 @ 12:18 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:18:28 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
Did you feel the quake?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km NNW of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply