A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/03/18 / 2018-03-04 00:41:59 / March 4, 2018 @ 12:41 am. Id of earthquake: ak18655432. Event ids that are associated: ak18655432. The temblor was picked up at 00:41:59 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -149.2274° West, latitude 55.7703° North, depth = 12 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days nine hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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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