A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 296 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (184 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.3539 West, latitude 56.303 North, depth = 11.7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18693079. Id of event: ak18693079. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.7 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:36:05 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/03/18 / 2018-03-08 04:36:05 / March 8, 2018 @ 4:36 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and eleven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 296 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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