A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km ESE of Atka, Alaska (50 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 00:12:35 / May 23, 2018 @ 12:12 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19681431. Id of event: ak19681431. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.7 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:12:35 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.0486 West, latitude 52.0464 North, depth = 5.7 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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