A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 226 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (140 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 07:27:58 / May 8, 2018 @ 7:27 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak19362275. Unique identifier: ak19362275. Exact location, longitude -149.8505° West, latitude 56.3053° North, depth = 29.2 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:58 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.2 km (18 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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