A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 20:46:49 / February 8, 2018 @ 8:46 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000d3pv. Event ids that are associated: ak18438991, us2000d3pv. The temblor was detected at 10:46:49 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -148.9705° West, latitude 56.4123° North, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and sixty-nine, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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