A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (154 miles). Global time and date of event 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 18:00:42 / February 14, 2018 @ 6:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:00:42 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.7 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -149.1567 West, latitude 56.4317 North, depth = 10.7 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18493508. Unique identifier: ak18493508.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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