A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 255 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (158 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/03/18 / 2018-03-03 08:40:14 / March 3, 2018 @ 8:40 am. Id of earthquake: us1000d2lg. Event ids that are associated: ak18655329, us1000d2lg. Exact location of event, longitude -149.392 West, latitude 56.1852 North, depth = 21.55 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.55 km (13 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:40:14 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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