A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 280 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (174 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.6166 West, latitude 56.3455 North, depth = 11.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.9 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak19565810. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19565810. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:49:05 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 16:49:05 / May 12, 2018 @ 4:49 pm UTC/GMT.
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 thirteen, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 280 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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