A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:51:33 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.2655 West, latitude 55.6235 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 17/03/18 / 2018-03-17 02:51:33 / March 17, 2018 @ 2:51 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak18744683. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18744683.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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