A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kodiak in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -152.167° West, 58.1314° North, depth 31.8 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.8 km (20 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:02:38 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/09/19 / 2019-09-04 07:02:38 / September 4, 2019 @ 7:02 am. Event id: ak019bclx9lo. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019bclx9lo.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 40 km NNE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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