A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 265 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (165 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:40:25 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18439635. Unique identifier: ak18439635. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 00:40:25 / February 9, 2018 @ 12:40 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -148.9814° West, 56.3135° North.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourteen, in the last 10 days four hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, seven hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 265 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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