A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 78 km SW of Atka, Alaska (48 miles). Exact location, longitude -174.8608° West, latitude 51.6207° North, depth = 18 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11647823, us20002zeq. Id of event: us20002zeq. The temblor was detected at 12:19:22 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 00:19:22 / July 16, 2015 @ 12:19 am.
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 six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 78 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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