A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20104801. Unique identifier: ak20104801. Exact location of event, depth 0.1 km, -144.2189° West, 69.5694° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:16:20 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 16:16:20 / August 15, 2018 @ 4:16 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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