A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -144.5071° West, 69.6312° North, depth 11.1 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 23:31:41 / August 15, 2018 @ 11:31 pm. Event id: ak20105790. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20105790. The temblor was picked up at 14:31:41 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.1 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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