A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 123 km NE of Fort Yukon, Alaska (76 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -142.9781° West, 67.1998° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 11:13:50 / August 24, 2016 @ 11:13 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak13877155. Unique identifier: ak13877155. The temblor was detected at 03:13:50 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 123 km NE of Fort Yukon, Alaska.
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