A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Larsen Bay in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 23:40:41 / August 13, 2015 @ 11:40 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000325w, ak11677376. Id of event: ak11677376. The temblor was reported at 15:40:41 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -153.5491° West, 57.8821° North, depth 52 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska.
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