A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 66 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (41 miles). Unique identifier: us20005gbw. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13413000, us20005gbw. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:57:41 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -168.5512° West, latitude 52.3714° North, depth = 28.98 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.98 km (18 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/03/16 / 2016-03-28 11:57:41 / March 28, 2016 @ 11:57 am.
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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 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. 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: 66 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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