A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 209 km NNW of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (130 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18309332. Unique identifier: ak18309332. Exact location, longitude -149.5752° West, latitude 72.0877° North, depth = 40 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 14:03:10 / February 3, 2018 @ 2:03 pm. The temblor was reported at 04:03:10 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 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. 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: 209 km NNW of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
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