A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 242 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (150 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/03/18 / 2018-03-02 10:43:38 / March 2, 2018 @ 10:43 am. Exact location of event, longitude -149.8823 West, latitude 56.1068 North, depth = 34.9 km. Event id: ak18574580. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18574580. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:43:38 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.9 km (22 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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