A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 249 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (155 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/19 / 2019-08-24 20:22:13 / August 24, 2019 @ 8:22 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.8 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -149.6211° West, latitude 56.1426° North, depth = 11.8 km. The temblor was detected at 10:22:13 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak019aumvj3d. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019aumvj3d.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 249 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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