A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -148.5928° West, 56.0566° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18583471. Id of event: ak18583471. The temblor was reported at 16:04:40 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 02:04:40 / February 24, 2018 @ 2:04 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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