A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (41 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/20 / 2020-03-18 09:08:23 / March 18, 2020 @ 9:08 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.6 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.951 East, latitude 51.4181 North, depth = 50.6 km. Event id: ak0203l5bq8l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0203l5bq8l. The temblor was picked up at 23:08:23 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 66 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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