A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 41 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska (25 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:04:58 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 01:04:58 / November 27, 2018 @ 1:04 am. Exact location of event, longitude -160.9907 West, latitude 55.0889 North, depth = 56.5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20409527. Unique identifier: ak20409527. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.5 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 41 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska.
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