A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 225 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (140 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 07:22:32 / January 24, 2018 @ 7:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0395 West, latitude 56.225 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18300072. Unique identifier: ak18300072. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:22:32 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and twenty-six, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 225 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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