A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 155 km S of False Pass, Alaska (96 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 17.6 km, -163.5863° West, 53.4552° North. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:17:17 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/12/15 / 2015-12-05 08:17:17 / December 5, 2015 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12129975. Id of event: ak12129975. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.6 km (11 miles).
Each 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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 155 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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