A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 62 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (39 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:42:52 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.2204 West, latitude 69.6113 North, depth = 0.1 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/18 / 2018-08-24 06:42:52 / August 24, 2018 @ 6:42 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20174514. Unique identifier: ak20174514.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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