A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 70 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (43 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 22:49:18 / August 15, 2018 @ 10:49 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:49:18 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20105643. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20105643. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.0582 West, latitude 69.5159 North, depth = 0 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 70 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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