A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 252 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (157 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -150.0074° West, 55.9366° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18545645, us2000d87m. Unique identifier: us2000d87m. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 04:17:53 / February 17, 2018 @ 4:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:17:53 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 252 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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