A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 289 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (180 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.3984 West, latitude 56.373 North, depth = 2.2 km. Event id: ak18307073. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18307073. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:13:48 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 10:13:48 / February 3, 2018 @ 10:13 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days eight hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 289 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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