A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 21:22:10 / August 12, 2018 @ 9:22 pm. The temblor was picked up at 12:22:10 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3.9 km (2 miles). Exact location, longitude -144.4615° West, latitude 69.5293° North, depth = 3.9 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20111210. Unique identifier: ak20111210.
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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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