A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 28 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (17 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:41:16 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.32 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 08:41:16 / November 27, 2018 @ 8:41 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.9776 West, latitude 52.6948 North, depth = 28.32 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20409878, us2000isn2. Id of event: us2000isn2.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 28 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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