A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 208 km NNW of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (129 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.5991 West, latitude 72.0805 North, depth = 17.44 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18309332, us1000cfg6. Unique identifier: us1000cfg6. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:03:09 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 17.44 km (11 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 14:03:09 / February 3, 2018 @ 2:03 pm.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 208 km NNW of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
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