A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 77 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (48 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 09:51:40 / October 30, 2018 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Id of earthquake: ak20304538. Event ids that are associated: ak20304538. Exact location, longitude 178.4647° East, latitude 51.2563° North, depth = 16 km. The temblor was detected at 21:51:40 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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