A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 3 km SW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/17 / 2017-05-17 00:26:48 / May 17, 2017 @ 12:26 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16048411. Id of event: ak16048411. The temblor was picked up at 15:26:48 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.7316 West, latitude 65.445 North, depth = 5.9 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.9 km (4 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SW of Circle Hot Springs Station, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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