A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 99 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (62 miles) on Thursday. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:17:37 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 07:17:37 / May 2, 2024 @ 7:17 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.3159 West, latitude 52.0849 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0245njdgoj, us6000mvn8. Unique identifier: us6000mvn8.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 99 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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