A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 33 km NE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (21 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: ak11838062. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11838062. The temblor was detected at 15:54:03 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/11/15 / 2015-11-11 01:54:03 / November 11, 2015 @ 1:54 am. Exact location of event, longitude -178.7914 West, latitude 51.4868 North, depth = 62.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.1 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 33 km NE of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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