A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 285 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (177 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.4 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 00:33:27 / February 8, 2018 @ 12:33 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:33:27 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak18438819. Event ids that are associated: ak18438819. Exact location, longitude -148.7132° West, latitude 56.2075° North, depth = 11.4 km.
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 twenty-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 285 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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