A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 297 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (185 miles) on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 20:59:39 / April 23, 2019 @ 8:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.76 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:59:39 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70003azl. Event ids that are associated: ak0195788f9a, us70003azl. Exact location of event, longitude -149.2761 West, latitude 55.7402 North, depth = 8.76 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 297 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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