A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, south of Alaska (0 miles). Id of earthquake: ak15649326. Event ids that are associated: ak15649326. Global time and date of event 30/03/17 / 2017-03-30 22:54:15 / March 30, 2017 @ 10:54 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 22:54:15 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -160.8875° West, latitude 53.2023° North, depth = 35.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.4 km (22 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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