A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 254 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (158 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 09:16:25 / January 31, 2018 @ 9:16 am. Event id: ak18251301. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18251301. Exact location, longitude -150.1356° West, latitude 55.8754° North, depth = 3 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:16:25 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 254 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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