A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 266 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (165 miles) on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 11:38:36 / February 20, 2018 @ 11:38 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18571995. Unique identifier: ak18571995. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -149.8597 West, latitude 55.849 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 01:38:36 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 266 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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