A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (43 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 05:33:47 / August 17, 2018 @ 5:33 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:33:47 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0 km, -144.0629° West, 69.5275° North. Unique identifier: ak20107633. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20107633.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 69 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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