A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 105 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (65 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:13:53 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003klr, ak11722928. Unique identifier: us10003klr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 07:13:53 / September 25, 2015 @ 7:13 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.3 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 179.4638° East, 50.9623° North, depth 13.3 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 105 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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