A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (154 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18285650. Unique identifier: ak18285650. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:42:45 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 05:42:45 / February 2, 2018 @ 5:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude -150.091 West, latitude 55.9579 North, depth = 11 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-three, in the last 10 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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