A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 244 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (152 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 18:02:30 / January 31, 2018 @ 6:02 pm. Exact location, longitude -149.7407° West, latitude 56.1457° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: ak18259325. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18259325. The temblor was detected at 08:02:30 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 244 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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