A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 264 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (164 miles) on Saturday. Id of earthquake: ak18583555. Event ids that are associated: ak18583555. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 22:47:18 / February 24, 2018 @ 10:47 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:47:18 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.1723 West, latitude 56.1968 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, four hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 264 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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