A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 269 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (167 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:22:42 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dcvt. Id of event: us2000dcvt. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.6303 West, latitude 56.5075 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/18 / 2018-03-06 13:22:42 / March 6, 2018 @ 1:22 pm.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days six hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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