A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 74 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska (46 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.39 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000heks. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20283946, us1000heks. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:02:34 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -161.2024° West, 54.8005° North, depth 57.39 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 18:02:34 / October 15, 2018 @ 6:02 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 74 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska.
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