A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles). Global time and date of event 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 03:17:34 / August 16, 2018 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20105939. Unique identifier: ak20105939. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:17:34 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -144.5346° West, latitude 69.5382° North, depth = 5.7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.7 km (4 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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