A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 19 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/09/16 / 2016-09-11 17:06:04 / September 11, 2016 @ 5:06 pm. Exact location of event, depth 97 km, 178.4765° East, 51.7732° North. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:06:04 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13938915. Unique identifier: ak13938915. The epicenter was at a depth of 97 km (60 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five 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 quakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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