A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 256 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (159 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -149.3493 West, latitude 56.1997 North, depth = 6.9 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:48:43 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 09:48:43 / May 12, 2018 @ 9:48 am. Id of earthquake: ak19565784. Event ids that are associated: ak19565784. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.9 km (4 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 256 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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