A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). Event id: us1000e90k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19638332, us1000e90k. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 03:32:02 / May 20, 2018 @ 3:32 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -149.2346° West, latitude 55.6814° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 17:32:02 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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