A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 281 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (175 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 09:06:59 / March 6, 2019 @ 9:06 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:06:59 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.135 West, latitude 56.0022 North, depth = 11.9 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.9 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0192znbvfw. Id of event: ak0192znbvfw.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 281 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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