A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 21 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (13 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:06:15 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 10:06:15 / August 8, 2018 @ 10:06 am. Unique identifier: us1000g9l4. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20029419, us1000g9l4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.69 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 103.69 km, 178.5383° East, 51.7587° North.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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