A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 67 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (42 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -168.5007 West, latitude 52.3753 North, depth = 5.6 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:00:55 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.6 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak13413001. Unique identifier: ak13413001. Global time and date of event 28/03/16 / 2016-03-28 12:00:55 / March 28, 2016 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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