A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 272 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (169 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 17:59:41 / February 19, 2018 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -149.1944° West, 56.2617° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18459466, us2000d4z0. Id of event: us2000d4z0. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:59:41 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 272 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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