A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 232 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (144 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -150.0946° West, 56.1329° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019245dto8. Id of event: ak019245dto8. Global time and date of event 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 04:47:24 / February 15, 2019 @ 4:47 am UTC/GMT. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:47:24 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 232 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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