A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (51 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 08:58:32 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -165.1132 West, latitude 53.5016 North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20267928, us1000h9jm. Id of event: us1000h9jm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/18 / 2018-09-30 19:58:32 / September 30, 2018 @ 7:58 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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