A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 287 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (178 miles) on Saturday. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:56:58 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.57 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 03:56:58 / July 8, 2018 @ 3:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, -148.5989° West, 56.2492° North, depth 21.57 km. Id of earthquake: us2000g2m1. Event ids that are associated: ak19849545, us2000g2m1.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 287 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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