A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 252 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (157 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 06:57:00 / January 27, 2018 @ 6:57 am. Exact location of earthquake, -149.7421° West, 56.0481° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: ak18293201. Event ids that are associated: ak18293201. The temblor was picked up at 20:57:00 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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