A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (161 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 07:00:15 / March 15, 2018 @ 7:00 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.75 km (13 miles). The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:00:15 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000d79c. Event ids that are associated: ak18697259, us1000d79c. Exact location of event, depth 20.75 km, -149.2685° West, 56.2083° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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