A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 140 km ENE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (87 miles). Unique identifier: us1000d8ir. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d8ir. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/03/18 / 2018-03-24 06:42:34 / March 24, 2018 @ 6:42 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.16 km (18 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -153.4262 West, latitude 56.1096 North, depth = 29.16 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:42:34 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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