A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Larsen Bay in Alaska. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:19:27 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/07/16 / 2016-07-07 04:19:27 / July 7, 2016 @ 4:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -153.5889° West, latitude 57.7909° North, depth = 63.3 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak13742512. Unique identifier: ak13742512. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.3 km (39 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 36 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska.
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