A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 61 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (38 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:02:17 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 22:02:17 / December 7, 2016 @ 10:02 pm. Exact location of event, depth 61.9 km, -165.3342° West, 53.6466° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14671308. Id of event: ak14671308. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.9 km (38 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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