A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18694360. Unique identifier: ak18694360. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.5 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:02 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/03/18 / 2018-03-07 07:27:02 / March 7, 2018 @ 7:27 am. Exact location of earthquake, -149.989° West, 55.8861° North, depth 6.5 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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