A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (8 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 19:05:32 / December 25, 2019 @ 7:05 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119.2 km (74 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak019gi19zd2. Unique identifier: ak019gi19zd2. The temblor was picked up at 09:05:32 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 178.5417° East, latitude 51.8259° North, depth = 119.2 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 13 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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