A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 290 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (180 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 15:31:46 / February 11, 2018 @ 3:31 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -148.348 West, latitude 56.3969 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18465633, us2000d569. Id of event: us2000d569. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:31:46 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-six, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 290 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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