A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 75 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (47 miles). Exact location, longitude -144.9969° West, latitude 69.6491° North, depth = 0 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 22:46:38 / August 20, 2018 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak20127557. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20127557. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:46:38 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 75 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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