A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 157 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska (98 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019gbhihad. Id of event: ak019gbhihad. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.6 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:06:09 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 23:06:09 / December 21, 2019 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -152.1104° West, latitude 56.3754° North, depth = 11.6 km.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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