A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 14 km W of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (9 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 16:55:07 / February 24, 2018 @ 4:55 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 178.2946° East, 51.947° North, depth 133.7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 133.7 km (83 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18513720. Unique identifier: ak18513720. The temblor was reported at 06:55:07 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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