A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (161 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.2 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak019bfye9l0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019bfye9l0. Exact location, longitude -149.9189° West, latitude 55.8978° North, depth = 11.2 km. The temblor was detected at 23:37:13 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/09/19 / 2019-09-06 09:37:13 / September 6, 2019 @ 9:37 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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