A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 178 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska (111 miles). Exact location, longitude -167.0325° West, latitude 51.7991° North, depth = 10 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:08:04 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 19:08:04 / July 27, 2019 @ 7:08 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0199kb55ho, us6000578r. Unique identifier: us6000578r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 178 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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