A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 5 km SE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (3 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 178.5518° East, latitude 51.9092° North, depth = 114.8 km. The temblor was detected at 17:45:10 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.8 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/16 / 2016-10-13 02:45:10 / October 13, 2016 @ 2:45 am. Id of earthquake: ak14249650. Event ids that are associated: ak14249650.
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 eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 5 km SE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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