A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 283 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (176 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us2000g88c. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19896918, us2000g88c. Exact location of event, longitude -148.6083 West, latitude 56.3146 North, depth = 22.02 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.02 km (14 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 19:00:48 / July 14, 2018 @ 7:00 pm. The temblor was picked up at 09:00:48 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days three thousand, seven hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 283 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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