A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 75 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (47 miles) on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16399741, us2000aac3. Id of event: us2000aac3. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/17 / 2017-08-02 03:30:08 / August 2, 2017 @ 3:30 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:30:08 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -167.8045 West, latitude 52.7283 North, depth = 46.04 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.04 km (29 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 75 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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