A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 255 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (158 miles). Event id: us1000e07n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19355777, us1000e07n. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.03 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 09:16:45 / May 5, 2018 @ 9:16 am. The temblor was detected at 23:16:45 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.9334 West, latitude 55.9388 North, depth = 8.03 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days four hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 255 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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