A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 253 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (157 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 21.57 km, -149.3617° West, 56.2294° North. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:56:27 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/03/18 / 2018-03-22 07:56:27 / March 22, 2018 @ 7:56 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.57 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18726041, us1000d7k5. Unique identifier: us1000d7k5.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days five hundred and seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 253 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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