A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 70 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (43 miles) on Thursday. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:24:18 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20163742. Unique identifier: ak20163742. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.8 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/08/18 / 2018-08-23 13:24:18 / August 23, 2018 @ 1:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.6087 West, latitude 69.6019 North, depth = 2.8 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 70 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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