A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Ouzinkie in Alaska on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.7 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.6946 West, latitude 58.2943 North, depth = 25.7 km. The temblor was reported at 17:05:25 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 17:05:25 / August 9, 2024 @ 5:05 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024a7fgjga. Id of event: ak024a7fgjga.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kodiak (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 63 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska.
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