A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 64 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska (40 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 13:37:10 / July 14, 2018 @ 1:37 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000g51v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19867651, us2000g51v. Exact location of earthquake, -165.8968° West, 53.4344° North, depth 35 km. The temblor was reported at 02:37:10 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, 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 in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 64 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska.
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