A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 160 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (99 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak16426740, us2000a4cd. Unique identifier: us2000a4cd. The temblor was reported at 00:18:15 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 178.683 East, latitude 50.5096 North, depth = 8.93 km. Global time and date of event 16/07/17 / 2017-07-16 12:18:15 / July 16, 2017 @ 12:18 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.93 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 160 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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