A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 271 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (168 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 18:08:23 / May 24, 2018 @ 6:08 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.4 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -148.685° West, 56.4365° North, depth 5.4 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19656571. Id of event: ak19656571. The temblor was detected at 08:08:23 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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