A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km SW of Atka, Alaska (48 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 00:19:22 / July 16, 2015 @ 12:19 am. The temblor was detected at 12:19:22 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11647823. Unique identifier: ak11647823. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -174.8608 West, latitude 51.6207 North, depth = 18 km.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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