A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kodiak in Alaska on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.3 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 05:14:32 / November 2, 2015 @ 5:14 am UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:14:32 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11764397. Id of event: ak11764397. Exact location, longitude -152.1318° West, latitude 58.0055° North, depth = 50.3 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 29 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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