A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 94 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (58 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 19:28:07 / May 8, 2019 @ 7:28 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:28:07 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -164.7682° West, latitude 53.5319° North, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us70003ks9. Event ids that are associated: ak0195w09oh6, us70003ks9.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 94 km SE of Akutan, Alaska.
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