A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 273 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (170 miles) on Sunday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:14:46 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.23 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -149.3431° West, 55.9969° North, depth 8.23 km. Id of earthquake: us2000d566. Event ids that are associated: ak18465624, us2000d566. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 14:14:46 / February 11, 2018 @ 2:14 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twelve, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 273 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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