A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 53 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska (33 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 15:15:08 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -169.5914 West, latitude 52.7415 North, depth = 13 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/19 / 2019-08-05 01:15:08 / August 5, 2019 @ 1:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0199ywazac. Unique identifier: ak0199ywazac.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 53 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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