A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 241 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (150 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak01932yj1bf. Id of event: ak01932yj1bf. Exact location of event, depth 4.2 km, -149.448° West, 56.3349° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.2 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:27:44 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/03/19 / 2019-03-08 09:27:44 / March 8, 2019 @ 9:27 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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