A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kodiak Station in Alaska. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18174876. Id of event: ak18174876. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.3 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -153.3041° West, 57.8431° North, depth 51.3 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:39:34 / 1:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 10:39:34 / January 23, 2018 @ 10:39 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kodiak. Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km WNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska.
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