A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 11 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak14820298. Unique identifier: ak14820298. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/16 / 2016-12-25 11:44:10 / December 25, 2016 @ 11:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.4464 East, latitude 51.8481 North, depth = 135.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.7 km (84 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:44:10 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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