A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kodiak Station in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.1 km (9 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:09:35 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/07/17 / 2017-07-02 23:09:35 / July 2, 2017 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -152.7907 West, latitude 57.5067 North, depth = 15.1 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16248896. Id of event: ak16248896.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 31 km SSW of Kodiak Station, Alaska.
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