A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 282 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (175 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us1000j948. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0192ra9s1i, us1000j948. Exact location of earthquake, -148.5948° West, 56.3318° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:40:38 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/03/19 / 2019-03-01 03:40:38 / March 1, 2019 @ 3:40 am.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 282 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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