A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 77 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska (48 miles) on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 14:29:29 / July 24, 2018 @ 2:29 pm. Unique identifier: us2000ghmd. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19966795, us2000ghmd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.94 km (15 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:29:29 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 24.94 km, -161.2378° West, 54.7832° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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