A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 54 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (34 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -144.0307° West, latitude 69.6656° North, depth = 10.5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.5 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20113994. Unique identifier: ak20113994. Global time and date of event 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 08:39:59 / August 19, 2018 @ 8:39 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:39:59 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, 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 in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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