A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 270 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (168 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -149.2314° West, 56.0962° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 14:15:19 / February 14, 2018 @ 2:15 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18436284. Id of event: ak18436284. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:15:19 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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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