A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (8 miles). Unique identifier: ak11679541. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11679541. The epicenter was at a depth of 118.7 km (74 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:02:06 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/15 / 2015-08-16 04:02:06 / August 16, 2015 @ 4:02 am. Exact location, longitude 178.325° East, latitude 51.9017° North, depth = 118.7 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
Did you feel it?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply