A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 69 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (43 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -144.9631° West, latitude 69.7078° North, depth = 3.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.5 km (2 miles). Event id: ak20270261. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20270261. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:50:24 / 8:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 17:50:24 / October 3, 2018 @ 5:50 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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