A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 244 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (152 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -149.2551° West, latitude 56.4229° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 18:00:38 / February 14, 2018 @ 6:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:00:38 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d6kz. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18493508, us2000d6kz.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and sixty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and fourty 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 quakes in the world.
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