A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 231 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (144 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 07:09:19 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.9647 West, latitude 56.1932 North, depth = 34.2 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.2 km (21 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18957136. Id of event: ak18957136. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 17:09:19 / April 4, 2018 @ 5:09 pm.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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