A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 13 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (8 miles). Global time and date of event 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 05:42:31 / August 8, 2015 @ 5:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.5 km (67 miles). Event id: us100032te. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11672928, us100032te. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.5223 East, latitude 51.8252 North, depth = 107.5 km. The temblor was reported at 20:42:31 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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