A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles) on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20104958. Id of event: ak20104958. Global time and date of event 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 17:33:20 / August 15, 2018 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 0 km, -144.2591° West, 69.5895° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:33:20 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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