A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 60 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (37 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 19:36:51 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 07:36:51 / July 13, 2018 @ 7:36 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 51 km, 177.9181° East, 51.5471° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19861640. Id of event: ak19861640.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 60 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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