A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (73 miles). Event id: ak13609598. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13609598. Exact location, longitude -164.1488° West, latitude 53.6673° North, depth = 46.7 km. Global time and date of event 28/05/16 / 2016-05-28 07:24:46 / May 28, 2016 @ 7:24 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.7 km (29 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:24:46 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska.
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