A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 156 km SE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (97 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 04:59:49 / July 6, 2015 @ 4:59 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:59:49 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.6372 West, latitude 54.9909 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: ak11645938. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11645938.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. 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: 156 km SE of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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