A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 289 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (180 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.7 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -148.4977° West, latitude 56.3008° North, depth = 11.7 km. Unique identifier: ak18583551. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18583551. Global time and date of event 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 20:07:50 / February 24, 2018 @ 8:07 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:07:50 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days one thousand, three hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 289 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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