A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 298 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (185 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.3255 West, latitude 55.7105 North, depth = 10.48 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/19 / 2019-05-15 22:53:26 / May 15, 2019 @ 10:53 pm. Unique identifier: us60003s03. Ids that are associated to the event: ak01967mytdg, us60003s03. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.48 km (7 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:53:26 / 12:53 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eleven 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 quakes 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: 298 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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