A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 295 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (183 miles). Exact location, longitude -148.6226° West, latitude 56.1314° North, depth = 20.5 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:09:52 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 13:09:52 / June 13, 2018 @ 1:09 pm. Unique identifier: us1000evmw. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19782354, us1000evmw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.5 km (13 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-four and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 295 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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