A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 158 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (98 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000jdna. Event ids that are associated: ak019381ew7n, us1000jdna. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:45:12 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -156.233° West, 54.4415° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/03/19 / 2019-03-11 16:45:12 / March 11, 2019 @ 4:45 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 158 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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