A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 276 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (171 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -149.3045° West, latitude 55.9749° North, depth = 11.5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18300145. Id of event: ak18300145. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 11:02:37 / January 24, 2018 @ 11:02 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:02:37 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.5 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and seventy-six, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 276 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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