A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 62 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska (39 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 21:15:38 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.6 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0201fdbniy. Unique identifier: ak0201fdbniy. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 06:15:38 / January 31, 2020 @ 6:15 am. Exact location, longitude -167.9596° West, latitude 53.0482° North, depth = 72.6 km.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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