A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 257 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18201401. Unique identifier: ak18201401. The temblor was reported at 09:40:08 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 19:40:08 / January 26, 2018 @ 7:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0287 West, latitude 55.8815 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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