A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 79 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (49 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 07:47:50 / August 17, 2018 @ 7:47 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:47:50 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -144.9064° West, latitude 69.5745° North, depth = 0.1 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20107848. Unique identifier: ak20107848.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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