A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Fritz Creek in Alaska. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:04:04 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -151.3782° West, latitude 59.7484° North, depth = 54.4 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019e90j4c0. Id of event: ak019e90j4c0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.4 km (34 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/11/19 / 2019-11-06 20:04:04 / November 6, 2019 @ 8:04 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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