A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:02:19 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/18 / 2018-08-24 15:02:19 / August 24, 2018 @ 3:02 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.2 West, latitude 69.5826 North, depth = 0.2 km. Event id: ak20179635. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20179635. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.2 km (0 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and in the last 365 days four hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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