A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 76 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (47 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: ak20239421. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20239421. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 01:12:21 / August 14, 2018 @ 1:12 am. The temblor was reported at 16:12:21 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.1 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -144.5985 West, latitude 69.5376 North, depth = 7.1 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and three, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-three 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. 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: 76 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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