A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 58 km NNE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska (36 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.4808 West, latitude 62.2947 North, depth = 40.2 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:54:09 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 20:54:09 / February 6, 2018 @ 8:54 pm. Event id: ak18379598. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18379598. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.2 km (25 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 58 km NNE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska.
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