A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Kodiak in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.2 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:30:41 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18192333. Unique identifier: ak18192333. Exact location of event, longitude -151.7298 West, latitude 57.5853 North, depth = 35.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 10:30:41 / January 24, 2018 @ 10:30 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 46 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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