A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 56 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska (35 miles) on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:40:03 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -143.6526 West, latitude 69.6266 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 00:40:03 / August 14, 2018 @ 12:40 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g8pg. Unique identifier: us1000g8pg.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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