A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 283 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (176 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -148.5737 West, latitude 56.3331 North, depth = 6.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak0192ra9s1i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0192ra9s1i. The temblor was picked up at 17:40:42 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/03/19 / 2019-03-01 03:40:42 / March 1, 2019 @ 3:40 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 283 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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