A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 69 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (43 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.5 km (28 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13024254. Unique identifier: ak13024254. The temblor was reported at 13:37:03 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 00:37:03 / March 21, 2016 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 45.5 km, -167.8426° West, 52.9888° North.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 69 km E of Nikolski, Alaska.
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