A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kodiak Station in Alaska on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -152.9825 West, latitude 57.5674 North, depth = 28.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.7 km (18 miles). Id of earthquake: ak17177298. Event ids that are associated: ak17177298. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/17 / 2017-11-10 16:31:00 / November 10, 2017 @ 4:31 pm. The temblor was reported at 07:31:00 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SW of Kodiak Station, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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