A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 69 km SE of Nome, Alaska (43 miles). Exact location of event, depth 3.8 km, -164.4611° West, 64.0318° North. Unique identifier: ak019dk9ig1t. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019dk9ig1t. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.8 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:47:10 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/10/19 / 2019-10-22 23:47:10 / October 22, 2019 @ 11:47 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 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: 69 km SE of Nome, Alaska.
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