A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 70 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (43 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -144.3457 West, latitude 69.5529 North, depth = 2.1 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:03:34 / 1:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20151862. Id of event: ak20151862. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 22:03:34 / August 22, 2018 @ 10:03 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 eleven, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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