A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 285 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (177 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 20:34:04 / February 21, 2018 @ 8:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:34:04 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak18594896. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18594896. Exact location of event, longitude -149.253 West, latitude 55.8995 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 285 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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