A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 261 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (162 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -148.7039° West, 56.5694° North, depth 19.98 km. Unique identifier: us1000d50a. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d50a. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 22:26:02 / March 15, 2018 @ 10:26 pm. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:26:02 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.98 km (12 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 261 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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