A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 287 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (178 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 4.5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:29:58 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -148.6331 West, latitude 56.2297 North, depth = 4.5 km. Id of earthquake: ak18594716. Event ids that are associated: ak18594716. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/03/18 / 2018-03-05 23:29:58 / March 5, 2018 @ 11:29 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days six hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 287 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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