A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 48 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (30 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.28 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -168.1536° West, 52.8527° North, depth 35.28 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 08:42:19 / May 10, 2018 @ 8:42 am. Event id: us1000e51m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19411388, us1000e51m. The temblor was reported at 21:42:19 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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