A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 101 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska (63 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/17 / 2017-10-23 01:35:50 / October 23, 2017 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: ak17092239. Event ids that are associated: ak17092239. The temblor was detected at 16:35:50 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -154.957° West, 58.2898° North, depth 0 km.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 101 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska.
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