A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 105 km ESE of Adak, Alaska (65 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.6 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak02053tt1x6. Event ids that are associated: ak02053tt1x6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 15:37:45 / April 20, 2020 @ 3:37 pm. Exact location, longitude -175.368° West, latitude 51.3724° North, depth = 25.6 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:37:45 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 105 km ESE of Adak, Alaska.
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