A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 279 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (173 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.5512 West, latitude 56.4169 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 00:17:48 / July 5, 2019 @ 12:17 am. Event id: us60004x7t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0198jm2axs, us60004x7t. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:17:48 / 2:17 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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: 279 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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