A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 270 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (168 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 19:19:33 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -148.8007° West, 56.3548° North, depth 11.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 05:19:33 / February 11, 2018 @ 5:19 am. Unique identifier: ak18424485. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18424485. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.9 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ten, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 270 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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