A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Kodiak Station in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 70.5 km (44 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.7644 West, latitude 58.1486 North, depth = 70.5 km. Unique identifier: ak12109176. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12109176. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:09:01 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 17:09:01 / December 2, 2015 @ 5:09 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km NNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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