A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 290 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (180 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 01:04:00 / December 31, 2019 @ 1:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.2447 West, latitude 56.4869 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019grnrz1j, us70006ss9. Id of event: us70006ss9. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:04:00 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 290 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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