A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (161 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 22:53:43 / February 26, 2018 @ 10:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -149.714° West, latitude 55.9826° North, depth = 10 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:53:43 / 12:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000dd4y. Event ids that are associated: ak18606415, us2000dd4y. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and thirty-six, in the last 10 days four hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days one thousand, four hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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