A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kodiak in Alaska. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.4 km (28 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/03/17 / 2017-03-07 05:23:40 / March 7, 2017 @ 5:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:23:40 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -152.5542 West, latitude 58.4024 North, depth = 44.4 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak15449380. Unique identifier: ak15449380.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 68 km N of Kodiak, Alaska.
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