A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles). Global time and date of event 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 04:00:06 / August 17, 2018 @ 4:00 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak20107493. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20107493. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.0403 West, latitude 69.5375 North, depth = 0 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:00:06 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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