A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 76 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (47 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 14:31:02 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20238469, us2000h5t8. Unique identifier: ak20238469. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/18 / 2018-08-30 23:31:02 / August 30, 2018 @ 11:31 pm. Exact location, longitude -145.0095° West, latitude 69.6453° North, depth = 0 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 five, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six 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: 76 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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