A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kodiak in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.4258 West, latitude 57.3818 North, depth = 23.1 km. The temblor was reported at 21:41:11 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 07:41:11 / October 20, 2017 @ 7:41 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.1 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak17090579. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17090579.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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