A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 73 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (45 miles). Id of earthquake: us100032gw. Event ids that are associated: us100032gw, ak11678161. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 00:15:51 / August 6, 2015 @ 12:15 am. Exact location, longitude -169.3599° West, latitude 52.3491° North, depth = 53.1 km. The temblor was detected at 13:15:51 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.1 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 73 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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