A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 65 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (40 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 08:02:05 / February 11, 2018 @ 8:02 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 178.6934 East, latitude 51.3761 North, depth = 44 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:02:05 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak18425181. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18425181.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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