A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 106 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (66 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/16 / 2016-11-14 11:43:22 / November 14, 2016 @ 11:43 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.1 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:43:22 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak14333969. Unique identifier: ak14333969. Exact location of event, depth 12.1 km, 178.8156° East, 51.0138° North.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 106 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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