A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 278 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (173 miles) on Monday. Event id: ak18466342. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18466342. Global time and date of event 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 07:17:20 / February 20, 2018 @ 7:17 am UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:17:20 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.5734 West, latitude 56.4179 North, depth = 11.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.9 km (7 miles).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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