A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported northern Alaska (0 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -144.1378 West, latitude 69.581 North, depth = 1 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:45:28 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/18 / 2018-09-05 11:45:28 / September 5, 2018 @ 11:45 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak20242450. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20242450.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: northern Alaska.
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