A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 69 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (43 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20107134. Unique identifier: ak20107134. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -144.0688 West, latitude 69.5241 North, depth = 0 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 22:34:35 / August 16, 2018 @ 10:34 pm. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:34:35 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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