A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20276271, us1000haed. Unique identifier: us1000haed. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/18 / 2018-10-05 17:29:03 / October 5, 2018 @ 5:29 pm. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:29:03 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.1304 West, latitude 55.635 North, depth = 7.65 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.65 km (5 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days three thousand, nine hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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