A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 89 km SSE of Adak, Alaska (55 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11634903. Unique identifier: ak11634903. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/15 / 2015-06-26 10:50:13 / June 26, 2015 @ 10:50 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:50:13 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 33 km, -176.3094° West, 51.1094° North.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km SSE of Adak, Alaska.
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