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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Kodiak in Alaska

Earthquake location 56.7684S, -152.1487W


Earthquake location 56.5301S, -151.8107WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 144 km SSE of Kodiak, Alaska (89 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: ak12960704. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12960704. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/16 / 2016-03-08 15:42:01 / March 8, 2016 @ 3:42 pm. Exact location, longitude -151.8107° West, latitude 56.5301° North, depth = 35.8 km. The temblor was detected at 05:42:01 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.8 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

Did you feel anything?

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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 144 km SSE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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