A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 239 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (149 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: ak18693066. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18693066. Global time and date of event 08/03/18 / 2018-03-08 01:25:10 / March 8, 2018 @ 1:25 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -149.9251° West, latitude 56.1247° North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:25:10 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days seven hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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