A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 23 km ENE of Chernabura Island, Alaska (14 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0203rrgfy7, us70008rz4. Id of event: us70008rz4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.79 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -159.2189° West, 54.8511° North, depth 21.79 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/20 / 2020-03-22 09:05:02 / March 22, 2020 @ 9:05 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:05:02 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 23 km ENE of Chernabura Island, Alaska.
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