A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 255 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (158 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 21:17:22 / February 7, 2018 @ 9:17 pm. Event id: us2000d5qb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18413084, us2000d5qb. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.48 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:17:22 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -150.0672 West, latitude 55.8828 North, depth = 5.48 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and eighty-three, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and six and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. 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: 255 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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