A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kodiak Station in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.1 km (24 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 03:37:40 / August 13, 2015 @ 3:37 am. The temblor was detected at 19:37:40 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.5257 West, latitude 57.2572 North, depth = 38.1 km. Id of earthquake: ak11676894. Event ids that are associated: ak11676894.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop).
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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 56 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska.
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