A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 69 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska (43 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:58:21 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/18 / 2018-10-31 05:58:21 / October 31, 2018 @ 5:58 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -147.9187 West, latitude 62.2388 North, depth = 21.4 km. Unique identifier: ak20305994. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20305994. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.4 km (13 miles).
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 eight and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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