A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 89 km SW of Old Crow, Canada (55 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak20273274. Event ids that are associated: ak20273274. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 06:22:12 / October 8, 2018 @ 6:22 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:22:12 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -141.4709 West, latitude 67.0748 North, depth = 0 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 89 km SW of Old Crow, Canada.
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