A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles). Global time and date of event 05/09/18 / 2018-09-05 18:49:50 / September 5, 2018 @ 6:49 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak20242940. Event ids that are associated: ak20242940. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.0646 West, latitude 69.5346 North, depth = 0 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:49:50 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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