A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 272 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (169 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.6383 West, latitude 56.4601 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: ak18196892. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18196892. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:03:48 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 04:03:48 / January 26, 2018 @ 4:03 am.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and four, in the past 30 days four hundred and four and in the last 365 days four hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 272 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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