A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 256 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (159 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: ak18576286. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18576286. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 07:03:53 / February 21, 2018 @ 7:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.7229 West, latitude 56.6474 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 21:03:53 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 256 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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