A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 276 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (171 miles) on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -149.2213° West, latitude 56.0158° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: ak18506289. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18506289. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/18 / 2018-02-12 01:33:26 / February 12, 2018 @ 1:33 am. The temblor was detected at 15:33:26 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty, in the last 10 days five hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days two thousand and sixteen and in the last 365 days two thousand and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 276 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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