A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 262 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (163 miles) on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18493485. Id of event: ak18493485. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -148.9392 West, latitude 56.3805 North, depth = 9.9 km. The temblor was reported at 03:46:38 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 13:46:38 / February 14, 2018 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 262 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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