A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 44 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 20:16:32 / August 12, 2018 @ 8:16 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.2 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -144.2603° West, 69.7936° North, depth 14.2 km. Unique identifier: ak20082390. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20082390. The temblor was detected at 11:16:32 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 44 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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