A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 84 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (52 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.3 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 17:19:04 / August 12, 2018 @ 5:19 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:19:04 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak20079143. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20079143. Exact location of event, longitude -144.9829 West, latitude 69.5353 North, depth = 4.3 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and thirty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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