A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 65 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:02:05 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000d55p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18425181, us2000d55p. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 08:02:05 / February 11, 2018 @ 8:02 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44 km (27 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 178.6934 East, latitude 51.3761 North, depth = 44 km.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 65 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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