A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -144.2059 West, latitude 69.5671 North, depth = 0.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 07:30:57 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/18 / 2018-08-23 16:30:57 / August 23, 2018 @ 4:30 pm. Id of earthquake: ak20166583. Event ids that are associated: ak20166583.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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