A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 264 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (164 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.3 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/03/18 / 2018-03-02 20:51:12 / March 2, 2018 @ 8:51 pm. The temblor was detected at 10:51:12 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak18575989. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18575989. Exact location, longitude -148.5658° West, latitude 56.6435° North, depth = 12.3 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days six hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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