A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Friday. Event id: ak18630113. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18630113. Exact location, longitude -149.582° West, latitude 56.0235° North, depth = 11.8 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:53:34 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.8 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 02/03/18 / 2018-03-02 13:53:34 / March 2, 2018 @ 1:53 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-six 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.
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