A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 218 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (135 miles). Exact location, longitude -149.2487° West, latitude 56.8217° North, depth = 0 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:11:20 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 03:11:20 / April 4, 2018 @ 3:11 am. Event id: ak18945403. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18945403.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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