A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 82 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska (51 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -159.2439 West, latitude 55.544 North, depth = 4.7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 19:57:06 / May 4, 2018 @ 7:57 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.7 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:57:06 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak19312944. Unique identifier: ak19312944.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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