A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 61 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (38 miles) on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20103833. Id of event: ak20103833. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.1 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -144.0637 West, latitude 69.6009 North, depth = 6.1 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 02:28:29 / August 15, 2018 @ 2:28 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:28:29 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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