A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 11:44:46 / August 14, 2018 @ 11:44 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20102588. Id of event: ak20102588. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.7 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -148.6733 West, latitude 56.3122 North, depth = 11.7 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:44:46 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days three thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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