A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.4 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 04:51:42 / February 16, 2018 @ 4:51 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:51:42 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.2426 West, latitude 55.432 North, depth = 5.4 km. Unique identifier: ak18504551. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18504551.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days one thousand, six hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: Gulf of Alaska.
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