A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 62 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska (39 miles). Exact location, longitude -144.6746° West, latitude 60.7289° North, depth = 88.4 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 01:19:17 / July 3, 2015 @ 1:19 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88.4 km (55 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:19:17 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak11640224. Event ids that are associated: ak11640224.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 62 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska.
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