A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 252 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (157 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.4 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18493519. Id of event: ak18493519. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 19:39:38 / February 14, 2018 @ 7:39 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:39:38 / 9:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.3207 West, latitude 56.2655 North, depth = 11.4 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 252 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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