A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 239 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (149 miles). Id of earthquake: us70003ksd. Event ids that are associated: ak0195vy160k, us70003ksd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 15:52:42 / May 8, 2019 @ 3:52 pm. Exact location, longitude -149.4931° West, latitude 56.3379° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:52:42 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 239 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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