A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 243 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (151 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.1516 West, latitude 55.9812 North, depth = 5.7 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:39:30 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000d6kp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18493494, us2000d6kp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 14:39:30 / February 14, 2018 @ 2:39 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 243 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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