A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 86 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska (53 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 20:13:30 / December 20, 2015 @ 8:13 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -147.7531 West, latitude 62.3726 North, depth = 7.6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.6 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:13:30 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak12290598. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12290598.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 86 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska.
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