A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 79 km E of Akutan, Alaska (49 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 19:42:47 / February 28, 2016 @ 7:42 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.8 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -164.567 West, latitude 54.2461 North, depth = 71.8 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:42:47 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak12911156. Unique identifier: ak12911156.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km E of Akutan, Alaska.
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