A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 273 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (170 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:50:19 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 07:50:19 / May 3, 2019 @ 7:50 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.9 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -148.6167° West, latitude 56.4516° North, depth = 11.9 km. Id of earthquake: ak0195njkgzm. Event ids that are associated: ak0195njkgzm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 273 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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