A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 249 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (155 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.6724 West, latitude 56.1156 North, depth = 11.9 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak01931dhesz. Unique identifier: ak01931dhesz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/03/19 / 2019-03-07 13:46:05 / March 7, 2019 @ 1:46 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:46:05 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.9 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 249 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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