A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 31 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (19 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 152.31 km (95 miles). Global time and date of event 29/09/18 / 2018-09-29 09:37:01 / September 29, 2018 @ 9:37 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000h96u. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20266755, us1000h96u. Exact location of event, longitude 178.0622 East, latitude 51.8627 North, depth = 152.31 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:37:01 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-seven 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.
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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. 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: 31 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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