A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 44 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (27 miles). Exact location of event, depth 6.5 km, -169.4793° West, 52.7987° North. Unique identifier: ak20239311. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20239311. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/09/18 / 2018-09-01 16:53:33 / September 1, 2018 @ 4:53 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.5 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:53:33 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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