A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 136 km S of Fort McPherson, Canada (85 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 8.3 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak12526647. Unique identifier: ak12526647. Exact location, longitude -135.2136° West, latitude 66.2255° North, depth = 8.3 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/16 / 2016-01-26 20:23:00 / January 26, 2016 @ 8:23 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:23:00 / 12:23 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 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days five 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 136 km S of Fort McPherson, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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