A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km SW of Amukta Island, Alaska (62 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.5 km (26 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 03:39:18 / October 17, 2018 @ 3:39 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20289179. Unique identifier: ak20289179. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -172.3137 West, latitude 51.8732 North, depth = 41.5 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:39:18 / 4:39 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 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 99 km SW of Amukta Island, Alaska.
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