A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 94 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska (58 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20306313, us1000hq3n. Unique identifier: us1000hq3n. Exact location, longitude -161.4728° West, latitude 54.7041° North, depth = 24.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.2 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:42:44 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/18 / 2018-10-31 09:42:44 / October 31, 2018 @ 9:42 am.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 94 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska.
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