A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 278 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (173 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 09:36:56 / February 9, 2019 @ 9:36 am. Id of earthquake: us2000jpfd. Event ids that are associated: ak0191ub2mkd, us2000jpfd. The temblor was picked up at 23:36:56 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.68 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -148.7678 West, latitude 56.2619 North, depth = 21.68 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 278 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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