A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 124 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (77 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:06:59 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 12:06:59 / October 3, 2016 @ 12:06 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.38 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -167.0694 West, latitude 52.6878 North, depth = 21.38 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak14156095, us20007cqq. Unique identifier: us20007cqq.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 124 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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