A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.2 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 03:30:53 / August 19, 2018 @ 3:30 am. Exact location, longitude -144.1093° West, latitude 69.5225° North, depth = 0.2 km. Id of earthquake: ak20112783. Event ids that are associated: ak20112783, us1000gcv6. The temblor was detected at 18:30:53 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, 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. 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: 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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