A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 279 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (173 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.5062 West, latitude 56.4554 North, depth = 12 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18282446. Unique identifier: ak18282446. The temblor was detected at 01:15:18 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 11:15:18 / January 23, 2018 @ 11:15 am.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and twenty-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine 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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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: 279 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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