A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles) on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20158170. Id of event: ak20158170. The temblor was reported at 21:16:07 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.2 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -144.2245 West, latitude 69.5708 North, depth = 0.2 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/08/18 / 2018-08-23 06:16:07 / August 23, 2018 @ 6:16 am.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days two hundred and seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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