A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 229 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (142 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.3357 West, latitude 56.5763 North, depth = 8.6 km. Id of earthquake: ak18465620. Event ids that are associated: ak18465620. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.6 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 13:38:55 / February 11, 2018 @ 1:38 pm. The temblor was picked up at 03:38:55 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 six, in the last 10 days four hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 229 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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