A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles) on Sunday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:06:37 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 18:06:37 / August 12, 2018 @ 6:06 pm. Exact location, longitude -144.6965° West, latitude 69.5711° North, depth = 0.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.8 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20080169. Unique identifier: ak20080169.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and thirty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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