A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 62 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (39 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -144.1939° West, 69.6108° North, depth 5.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20199490. Unique identifier: ak20199490. The temblor was reported at 05:42:42 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/18 / 2018-08-25 14:42:42 / August 25, 2018 @ 2:42 pm.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days four hundred and seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 62 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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