A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 73 km E of Old Iliamna, Alaska (45 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/16 / 2016-04-04 06:19:53 / April 4, 2016 @ 6:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.1 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak13284823. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13284823. The temblor was picked up at 22:19:53 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -153.6044 West, latitude 59.7276 North, depth = 124.1 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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