A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 97 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (60 miles). Id of earthquake: ak18121319. Event ids that are associated: ak18121319. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/18 / 2018-01-20 02:56:39 / January 20, 2018 @ 2:56 am. Exact location, longitude -168.1872° West, latitude 52.1673° North, depth = 26.5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.5 km (16 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:56:39 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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