A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (161 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 07:31:31 / January 28, 2018 @ 7:31 am. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0381 West, latitude 55.8531 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: ak18360119. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18360119. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 21:31:31 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-five, in the last 10 days eight hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days eight hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 259 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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