A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (45 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 09:47:16 / August 15, 2018 @ 9:47 am. The temblor was picked up at 00:47:16 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -144.6286 West, latitude 69.5724 North, depth = 0 km. Id of earthquake: ak20104208. Event ids that are associated: ak20104208.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 73 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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