A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 85 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (53 miles) on Sunday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:52:45 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20268069. Unique identifier: ak20268069. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.2 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.4037 West, latitude 69.4178 North, depth = 35.2 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 03:52:45 / October 1, 2018 @ 3:52 am.
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 one, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 85 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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