A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 14:40:22 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18439635, us2000d3r7. Id of event: us2000d3r7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 00:40:22 / February 9, 2018 @ 12:40 am. Exact location of event, depth 20.01 km, -149.0312° West, 56.3763° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.01 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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