A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 285 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (177 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18451124. Id of event: ak18451124. Exact location of event, depth 6.1 km, -148.5697° West, 56.306° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.1 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:32:57 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 21:32:57 / February 18, 2018 @ 9:32 pm.
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 eighty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 285 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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