A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 284 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (176 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/18 / 2018-04-01 04:38:53 / April 1, 2018 @ 4:38 am. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:38:53 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.2756 West, latitude 55.9025 North, depth = 7.2 km. Unique identifier: us1000dc1h. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dc1h. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.2 km (4 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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