A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:48:57 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -144.1413 West, latitude 69.5646 North, depth = 3.6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 01:48:57 / October 4, 2018 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak20270446. Event ids that are associated: ak20270446. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.6 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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