A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 37 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska (23 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -147.0138 West, latitude 61.2245 North, depth = 0 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 23:05:02 / June 16, 2018 @ 11:05 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19773320. Id of event: ak19773320. The temblor was detected at 14:05:02 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska.
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