A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 102 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (63 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak12967468, us10004xay. Unique identifier: us10004xay. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 21:39:06 / March 10, 2016 @ 9:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -169.187° West, 52.039° North, depth 15.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.7 km (10 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:39:06 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 102 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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