A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). Unique identifier: ak18300260. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18300260. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.2972 West, latitude 56.1296 North, depth = 12 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 16:29:48 / January 24, 2018 @ 4:29 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:29:48 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six hundred and ninety-one, in the last 10 days eight hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days eight hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Gulf of Alaska.
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