A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (51 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18696182. Id of event: ak18696182. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/03/18 / 2018-03-14 18:51:43 / March 14, 2018 @ 6:51 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.8 km (3 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:51:43 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.0478 East, latitude 51.2589 North, depth = 4.8 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 82 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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