A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -149.6643° West, latitude 56.0803° North, depth = 12 km. Unique identifier: ak20239526. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20239526. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 07:12:13 / August 14, 2018 @ 7:12 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:12:13 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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-two, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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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