A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.1169 West, latitude 56.0372 North, depth = 12 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:10:06 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 08:10:06 / January 24, 2018 @ 8:10 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18300093. Id of event: ak18300093.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight hundred and twenty-eight, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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