A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 256 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (159 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 07:27:43 / February 24, 2018 @ 7:27 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:27:43 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18583496. Unique identifier: ak18583496. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -148.7261° West, 56.6458° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days two hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one thousand, three hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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