A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 257 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 02:14:14 / January 26, 2018 @ 2:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -149.7502 West, latitude 55.9874 North, depth = 5.8 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:14:14 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak18241911. Event ids that are associated: ak18241911. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.8 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 257 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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