A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 236 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (147 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/05/18 / 2018-05-03 07:30:05 / May 3, 2018 @ 7:30 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000e0qi. Event ids that are associated: ak19368908, us1000e0qi. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -150.1783° West, 56.0508° North. The temblor was picked up at 21:30:05 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days three thousand, three hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 236 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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