A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:26:01 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 20:26:01 / August 16, 2018 @ 8:26 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.0097 West, latitude 69.5367 North, depth = 0.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.8 km (0 miles). Event id: ak20106999. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20106999.
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 was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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