A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 90 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (56 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 14:26:08 / August 15, 2018 @ 2:26 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20104633. Id of event: ak20104633. The temblor was reported at 05:26:08 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -145.5438 West, latitude 69.656 North, depth = 0 km.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 90 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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