A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 52 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska (32 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 52.49 km (33 miles). Unique identifier: us7000981e. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000981e. Exact location of event, depth 52.49 km, -159.6935° West, 55.4357° North. The temblor was detected at 17:20:52 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/05/20 / 2020-05-01 02:20:52 / May 1, 2020 @ 2:20 am.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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