A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska (65 miles). Exact location, longitude -164.1205° West, latitude 53.9985° North, depth = 23.1 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak13666574. Unique identifier: ak13666574. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.1 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:03:00 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 04:03:00 / June 20, 2016 @ 4:03 am UTC/GMT.
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 one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 105 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska.
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