A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 273 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (170 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 05:47:55 / February 1, 2018 @ 5:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, -148.7966° West, 56.3239° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18435779. Id of event: ak18435779. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:47:55 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty-nine, in the last 10 days one thousand, five hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Questions or comments?
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: 273 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply