A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska (62 miles) on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us2000dcwj. Event ids that are associated: ak18517061, us2000dcwj. Exact location of event, longitude -163.0809 West, latitude 53.9752 North, depth = 45.57 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:40:27 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 02:40:27 / February 25, 2018 @ 2:40 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.57 km (28 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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