A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 33 km SW of Haines, Alaska (21 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15856723. Id of event: ak15856723. The temblor was picked up at 07:56:34 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -135.7994 West, latitude 58.9921 North, depth = 14.9 km. Global time and date of event 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 16:56:34 / May 1, 2017 @ 4:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.9 km (9 miles).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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