A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 86 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (53 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 15:04:07 / August 12, 2018 @ 3:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ak20111065. Event ids that are associated: ak20111065. The temblor was detected at 06:04:07 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.9 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 4.9 km, -145.1628° West, 69.5641° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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: 86 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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