A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 67 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (42 miles). Id of earthquake: us200030nd. Event ids that are associated: ak11653276, us200030nd. Global time and date of event 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 04:43:05 / July 22, 2015 @ 4:43 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -168.402 West, latitude 52.3977 North, depth = 13 km. The temblor was reported at 17:43:05 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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