A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (154 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 21.94 km, -149.1536° West, 56.4336° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18414373, us2000cz31. Unique identifier: us2000cz31. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:25:48 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 21:25:48 / January 31, 2018 @ 9:25 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.94 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and fourty-nine, in the last 10 days one thousand, nine hundred and five, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and five and in the last 365 days one thousand, nine hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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