A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles). Global time and date of event 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 06:21:42 / August 16, 2018 @ 6:21 am UTC/GMT. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:21:42 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -144.7665° West, 69.5892° North, depth 5.7 km. Unique identifier: ak20106035. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20106035. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.7 km (4 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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