A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (9 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/15 / 2015-10-24 05:01:01 / October 24, 2015 @ 5:01 am. Id of earthquake: us200040w7. Event ids that are associated: ak11747201, us200040w7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128 km (80 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:01:01 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 178.2924 East, latitude 51.8916 North, depth = 128 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two 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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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