A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 242 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (150 miles). Exact location of event, depth 23.21 km, -149.9444° West, 56.0816° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.21 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:26:49 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000dbea. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18474170, us2000dbea. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 02:26:49 / February 21, 2018 @ 2:26 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 fifty-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and eighty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 242 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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