A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 272 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (169 miles) on Thursday. Event id: us2000d9x9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18573369, us2000d9x9. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:05:04 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.48 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 13:05:04 / February 22, 2018 @ 1:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -148.5265 West, latitude 56.5459 North, depth = 23.48 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and fourty-eight, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and ninety-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. 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: 272 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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