A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (161 miles). Id of earthquake: ak18493447. Event ids that are associated: ak18493447. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 06:09:45 / February 14, 2018 @ 6:09 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:09:45 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -149.7806° West, latitude 55.9565° North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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