A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 09:08:12 / February 7, 2018 @ 9:08 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18473454. Unique identifier: ak18473454. The temblor was reported at 23:08:12 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -149.9472° West, 55.8956° North.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and thirty-four, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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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