A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 62 km SSE of Eagle Village, Alaska (39 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/02/19 / 2019-02-27 20:17:05 / February 27, 2019 @ 8:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -140.7524 West, latitude 64.2465 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000jps1. Event ids that are associated: us2000jps1. The temblor was reported at 12:17:05 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 62 km SSE of Eagle Village, Alaska.
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