A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 81 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (50 miles). Exact location of event, depth 0.5 km, -144.6982° West, 69.5028° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.5 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: ak20111074. Event ids that are associated: ak20111074. The temblor was picked up at 06:30:39 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 15:30:39 / August 12, 2018 @ 3:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and thirty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 81 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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