A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -149.9193 West, latitude 55.9055 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:40:03 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak18583535. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18583535. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 17:40:03 / February 24, 2018 @ 5:40 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one thousand, four hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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