A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (70 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 16:42:14 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.4 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -169.3063 West, latitude 51.9642 North, depth = 35.4 km. Global time and date of event 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 03:42:14 / August 21, 2015 @ 3:42 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us100035fw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11686830, us100035fw.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 112 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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