A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 272 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (169 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 16:24:00 / May 5, 2018 @ 4:24 pm. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:24:00 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.84 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -148.6192 West, latitude 56.475 North, depth = 20.84 km. Unique identifier: us1000e081. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19323727, us1000e081.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 272 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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