A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (154 miles). Unique identifier: us1000cehn. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18293222, us1000cehn. Exact location, longitude -149.3775° West, latitude 56.2923° North, depth = 20.57 km. The temblor was detected at 23:05:44 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 09:05:44 / January 27, 2018 @ 9:05 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.57 km (13 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one thousand, one hundred and twenty-five, in the last 10 days two thousand and fifty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand and fifty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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