A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 242 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (150 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 22:31:01 / February 19, 2018 @ 10:31 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18571284, us2000d902. Id of event: us2000d902. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.17 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:31:01 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.3557 West, latitude 56.3841 North, depth = 20.17 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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