A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, northern Alaska (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.2028 West, latitude 69.5675 North, depth = 0.5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.5 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 06:31:02 / August 14, 2018 @ 6:31 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak20102278. Event ids that are associated: ak20102278. The temblor was picked up at 06:31:02 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: northern Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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