A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 93 km SSE of Old Iliamna, Alaska (58 miles). Exact location of event, depth 127.4 km, -154.5812° West, 58.9186° North. The temblor was picked up at 15:03:22 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/02/19 / 2019-02-25 00:03:22 / February 25, 2019 @ 12:03 am. Id of earthquake: ak0192km44ev. Event ids that are associated: ak0192km44ev, us2000jmkz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.4 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 93 km SSE of Old Iliamna, Alaska.
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