A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kodiak Station in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 14:37:50 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -152.8498 West, latitude 57.8176 North, depth = 7.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.1 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak13597139. Event ids that are associated: ak13597139. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 22:37:50 / May 20, 2016 @ 10:37 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kodiak.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 15 km WNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska.
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