A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (37 miles). Unique identifier: ak20103077. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20103077. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.2 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 17:45:46 / August 14, 2018 @ 5:45 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:45:46 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -144.2072° West, latitude 69.6252° North, depth = 2.2 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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