A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 11:33:45 / February 22, 2018 @ 11:33 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak18488219. Event ids that are associated: ak18488219. The temblor was detected at 11:33:45 / 11:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -148.6945 West, latitude 56.4039 North, depth = 9 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and five, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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