A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 286 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (178 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 14:43:07 / February 17, 2018 @ 2:43 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.23 km (8 miles). Event id: us2000d89k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18545708, us2000d89k. The temblor was detected at 04:43:07 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -149.1769° West, latitude 55.9187° North, depth = 13.23 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and seventy-four, in the last 10 days nine hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand, seven hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and sixty 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 286 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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