A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 247 km SSE of Kodiak, Alaska (153 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -150.2181 West, latitude 55.9227 North, depth = 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/19 / 2019-05-06 05:24:58 / May 6, 2019 @ 5:24 am. Unique identifier: ak0195sguawh. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0195sguawh. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:24:58 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 247 km SSE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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