A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 285 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (177 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 04:07:57 / January 24, 2018 @ 4:07 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18299995. Unique identifier: ak18299995. Exact location of earthquake, -149.1222° West, 55.9569° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:07:57 / 6:07 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 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and twenty-seven, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 285 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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