A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (160 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 14:30:24 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 00:30:24 / January 26, 2018 @ 12:30 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.94 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -149.8902 West, latitude 55.9199 North, depth = 6.94 km. Event id: us2000cram. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18241898, us2000cram.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and eighty-two, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 258 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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