A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 170 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (106 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:06:36 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -168.6156° West, 51.4094° North, depth 30.9 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 09:06:36 / March 2, 2016 @ 9:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.9 km (19 miles). Id of earthquake: ak12967030. Event ids that are associated: ak12967030.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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: 170 km S of Nikolski, Alaska.
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