A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 262 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (163 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:04:13 / 10:04 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak19656578, us1000eewd. Unique identifier: us1000eewd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -149.6133° West, 55.9923° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 20:04:13 / May 24, 2018 @ 8:04 pm.
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 thirty-three, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 262 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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