A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 109 km SSE of Homer, Alaska (68 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.5 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 02:28:00 / March 10, 2016 @ 2:28 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12967109. Id of event: ak12967109. The temblor was picked up at 16:28:00 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.5 km, -150.7583° West, 58.7432° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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