A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 229 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (142 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us2000dbh8. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18576615, us2000dbh8. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:53:47 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -149.9844° West, latitude 56.2091° North, depth = 20.66 km. Global time and date of event 23/02/18 / 2018-02-23 06:53:47 / February 23, 2018 @ 6:53 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.66 km (13 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days two thousand and eighty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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