A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 71 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (44 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20107049. Unique identifier: ak20107049. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 21:33:02 / August 16, 2018 @ 9:33 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:33:02 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -144.6621° West, 69.5953° North, depth 6.2 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.2 km (4 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six 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. 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: 71 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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