A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 200 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (124 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/18 / 2018-03-18 13:40:23 / March 18, 2018 @ 1:40 pm. Id of earthquake: ak18707655. Event ids that are associated: ak18707655. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.8 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -149.6629° West, 56.7762° North, depth 34.8 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:40:23 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and twenty-six 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.
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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: 200 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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