A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 72 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (45 miles). Exact location, longitude -144.7628° West, latitude 69.5464° North, depth = 1.9 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.9 km (1 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 18:04:15 / August 12, 2018 @ 6:04 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20080155, us1000g7ar. Unique identifier: ak20080155. The temblor was reported at 09:04:15 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 72 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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