A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 260 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (162 miles) on Monday. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:32:49 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 14:32:49 / February 26, 2018 @ 2:32 pm. Exact location, longitude -149.9617° West, latitude 55.8763° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: ak18606382. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18606382. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 260 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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