A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.9 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 21:17:54 / February 16, 2018 @ 9:17 pm. Event id: ak18504670. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18504670. The temblor was picked up at 21:17:54 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.2525 West, latitude 56.2404 North, depth = 11.9 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand and twenty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: Gulf of Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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