A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported northern Alaska (0 miles) on Thursday. Event id: ak20259352. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20259352. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:55:52 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/09/18 / 2018-09-20 13:55:52 / September 20, 2018 @ 1:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -146.7818 West, latitude 69.167 North, depth = 0 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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