A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 km SE of Haines, Alaska (12 miles). Event id: ak14283284. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14283284. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/16 / 2016-10-28 22:30:54 / October 28, 2016 @ 10:30 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -135.1621° West, 59.1155° North, depth 0.1 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:30:54 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km SE of Haines, Alaska.
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