A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 272 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (169 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -148.6005° West, 56.4773° North. The temblor was picked up at 16:50:31 / 4:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us70003wjt. Event ids that are associated: us70003wjt. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/06/19 / 2019-06-07 02:50:31 / June 7, 2019 @ 2:50 am.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 272 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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