A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 67 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 23:53:09 / August 13, 2018 @ 11:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -144.247° West, latitude 69.4979° North, depth = 8 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20102030, us1000g8j0. Id of event: ak20102030. The temblor was reported at 14:53:09 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days two hundred and seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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