A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 242 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (150 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -149.9757 West, latitude 56.0644 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 13:39:31 / February 18, 2018 @ 1:39 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:39:31 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18575489, us2000db7b. Id of event: us2000db7b. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eighty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 242 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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