A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 224 km NNE of Mayo, Canada (139 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 05:20:45 / April 4, 2018 @ 5:20 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18947076. Unique identifier: ak18947076. Exact location of event, longitude -134.0656 West, latitude 65.4477 North, depth = 20.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.9 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:20:45 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 224 km NNE of Mayo, Canada.
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