A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 254 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (158 miles). Global time and date of event 16/04/18 / 2018-04-16 23:40:12 / April 16, 2018 @ 11:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -149.9589° West, latitude 55.9402° North, depth = 11.5 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:40:12 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak19241230. Event ids that are associated: ak19241230. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.5 km (7 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days three thousand, one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 254 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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