A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 220 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (137 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/06/20 / 2020-06-03 20:26:56 / June 3, 2020 @ 8:26 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -170.9013° West, 51.4058° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak02074odald. Unique identifier: ak02074odald. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:26:56 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter).
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 five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 220 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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