A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 71 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (44 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20238125. Unique identifier: ak20238125. The temblor was picked up at 21:27:02 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/08/18 / 2018-08-30 06:27:02 / August 30, 2018 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -144.3476° West, 69.5459° North, depth 0 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 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 one, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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