A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 58 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (36 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020174hi70. Id of event: ak020174hi70. Global time and date of event 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 07:58:09 / January 26, 2020 @ 7:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 19:58:09 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.6 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.8703 West, latitude 51.0388 North, depth = 6.6 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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