A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 294 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (183 miles) on Thursday. Global time and date of event 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 09:04:22 / February 16, 2018 @ 9:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.6704 West, latitude 56.1103 North, depth = 20.01 km. The temblor was detected at 23:04:22 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18437858, us2000d3ff. Unique identifier: us2000d3ff. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.01 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-one, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 294 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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