A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 65 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (40 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.4 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/02/16 / 2016-02-13 11:41:51 / February 13, 2016 @ 11:41 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10004r7t. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12857523, us10004r7t. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:41:51 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 179.957° East, latitude 51.3449° North, depth = 35.4 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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