A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 283 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (176 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.548 West, latitude 56.348 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: ak18616425. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18616425. The temblor was picked up at 03:18:18 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 13:18:18 / February 28, 2018 @ 1:18 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one thousand and eighty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 283 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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