A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/18 / 2018-08-23 08:59:29 / August 23, 2018 @ 8:59 am. Unique identifier: ak20159998. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20159998. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.6226 West, latitude 69.5644 North, depth = 0 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:59:29 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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