A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 107 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (66 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 03:48:02 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024fsyxz99. Id of event: ak024fsyxz99. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 03:48:02 / December 9, 2024 @ 3:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.9 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -177.0204° West, 50.9363° North, depth 24.9 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
How would you describe the shaking?
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: 107 km SSW of Adak, Alaska.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply