A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 237 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (147 miles) on Thursday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:31:09 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -148.8952 West, latitude 56.8295 North, depth = 19.75 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/19 / 2019-02-08 06:31:09 / February 8, 2019 @ 6:31 am. Unique identifier: us2000jlvq. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0191slpse0, us2000jlvq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.75 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 237 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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