A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 129 km SSE of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (80 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 12:54:04 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/18 / 2018-08-18 21:54:04 / August 18, 2018 @ 9:54 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20111957. Unique identifier: ak20111957. Exact location, longitude -146.6674° West, latitude 69.2478° North, depth = 0 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 129 km SSE of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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