A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 289 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (180 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.7 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 11.7 km, -148.2876° West, 56.4644° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 09:32:38 / February 26, 2018 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:32:38 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18606355. Unique identifier: ak18606355.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days one thousand and eighty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 289 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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