A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 221 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (137 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -149.1111 West, latitude 56.9061 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0192raw0lq, us1000j9h3. Id of event: us1000j9h3. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:43:43 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/03/19 / 2019-03-01 04:43:43 / March 1, 2019 @ 4:43 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 221 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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