A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 70 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska (43 miles) on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19258717. Id of event: ak19258717. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 06:15:17 / April 18, 2018 @ 6:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 206.2 km (128 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:15:17 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -169.7717° West, 53.2685° North, depth 206.2 km.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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