A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 106 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (66 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.24 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.2944 West, latitude 52.0181 North, depth = 25.24 km. Global time and date of event 02/09/18 / 2018-09-02 10:58:22 / September 2, 2018 @ 10:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:58:22 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20239881, us2000hgx9. Unique identifier: us2000hgx9.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 106 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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