A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 96 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (60 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 19:23:17 / March 27, 2016 @ 7:23 pm. Id of earthquake: ak13188057. Event ids that are associated: ak13188057. The temblor was detected at 08:23:17 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -168.5554° West, latitude 52.0901° North, depth = 25.5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.5 km (16 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 96 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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