A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 22:07:23 / August 16, 2018 @ 10:07 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20107117. Unique identifier: ak20107117. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:07:23 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -144.7645° West, 69.5946° North, depth 0 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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