A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles). Event id: ak20270640. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20270640. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -144.1644 West, latitude 69.5775 North, depth = 0.1 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 03:11:57 / October 4, 2018 @ 3:11 am. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:11:57 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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