A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 257 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 13:08:36 / February 20, 2018 @ 1:08 pm. The temblor was reported at 03:08:36 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -149.0688° West, 56.3593° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000d9d7. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18468841, us2000d9d7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 257 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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