A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 76 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (47 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:26:12 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.8052 West, latitude 69.5776 North, depth = 3.1 km. Unique identifier: ak20102463. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20102463. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.1 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 09:26:12 / August 14, 2018 @ 9:26 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 76 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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