A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 51 km WNW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (32 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 21:06:29 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 09:06:29 / April 29, 2018 @ 9:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -179.8042° West, 51.4135° North, depth 65.23 km. Event id: us1000dwc4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19303787, us1000dwc4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.23 km (41 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-nine 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 51 km WNW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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