A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 237 km SSE of Kodiak Station, Alaska (147 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.4 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -151.7243 West, latitude 55.6856 North, depth = 6.4 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:15:19 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000d5p5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18473412, us2000d5p5. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 02:15:19 / February 7, 2018 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 237 km SSE of Kodiak Station, Alaska.
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