A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 281 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (175 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 05:48:15 / February 20, 2018 @ 5:48 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.5 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.6168 West, latitude 56.3356 North, depth = 11.5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18465544. Unique identifier: ak18465544. The temblor was picked up at 19:48:15 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 281 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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