A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 46 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (29 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.3 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -168.1887° West, latitude 52.8812° North, depth = 46.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 08:42:18 / May 10, 2018 @ 8:42 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:18 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak19411388. Event ids that are associated: ak19411388.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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