A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 268 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (167 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/03/18 / 2018-03-05 18:55:45 / March 5, 2018 @ 6:55 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000d2ya. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18592627, us1000d2ya. Exact location of event, longitude -148.6876 West, latitude 56.479 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:55:45 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fourty, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days one thousand, three hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 268 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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