A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 22:30:17 / August 20, 2018 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:30:17 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.7057 West, latitude 69.5774 North, depth = 8.1 km. Unique identifier: ak20127078. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20127078. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.1 km (5 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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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