A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Southeastern Alaska (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 12:51:37 / May 1, 2017 @ 12:51 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak16020440. Unique identifier: ak16020440. Exact location of event, longitude -136.7669 West, latitude 59.8933 North, depth = 2.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.8 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:51:37 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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