A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 283 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (176 miles) on Monday. The temblor was detected at 06:20:23 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000d3e4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18691757, us1000d3e4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.89 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/03/18 / 2018-03-12 16:20:23 / March 12, 2018 @ 4:20 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.212 West, latitude 55.945 North, depth = 6.89 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 three, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days five hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 283 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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