A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 46 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (29 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 21:36:07 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11683079, us10003492. Unique identifier: us10003492. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.1894 East, latitude 51.5829 North, depth = 52.5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 06:36:07 / August 22, 2015 @ 6:36 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.5 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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