A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported northern Alaska (0 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 18:21:47 / January 31, 2020 @ 6:21 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0201fki5wp. Unique identifier: ak0201fki5wp. The temblor was reported at 18:21:47 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -157.2277° West, latitude 66.319° North, depth = 11.2 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.2 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: northern Alaska.
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