A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes northern Alaska (0 miles) on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20085841. Unique identifier: ak20085841. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.5 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -144.6367° West, 69.4897° North, depth 2.5 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:40:59 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 22:40:59 / August 12, 2018 @ 10:40 pm.
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 three hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: northern Alaska.
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