A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: ak18579735. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18579735. Exact location of earthquake, -149.3606° West, 56.2152° North, depth 5.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.7 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:58:47 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/18 / 2018-03-03 19:58:47 / March 3, 2018 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days nine hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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