A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 241 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (150 miles) on Monday. The temblor was reported at 04:04:56 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 14:04:56 / June 24, 2019 @ 2:04 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.8 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 20.8 km, -149.4233° West, 56.3476° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak01981nexoi, us70004lvn. Id of event: us70004lvn.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 241 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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