A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 75 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (47 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -144.4329° West, latitude 69.5201° North, depth = 1.35 km. Global time and date of event 24/08/18 / 2018-08-24 05:50:01 / August 24, 2018 @ 5:50 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.35 km (1 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:50:01 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gggu. Id of event: us1000gggu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-one, 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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