A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 40 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (25 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:39:12 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18193217, us1000cf68. Id of event: us1000cf68. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.9 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.1813 West, latitude 52.6322 North, depth = 55.9 km. Global time and date of event 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 22:39:12 / January 24, 2018 @ 10:39 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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