A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 250 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (155 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18474170. Unique identifier: ak18474170. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 02:26:52 / February 21, 2018 @ 2:26 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9672 West, latitude 55.9824 North, depth = 11.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.8 km (7 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:26:52 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and four, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 250 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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