A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 59 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (37 miles). Exact location, longitude -144.182° West, latitude 69.6298° North, depth = 1.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:01:13 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20273429. Unique identifier: ak20273429. Global time and date of event 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 17:01:13 / October 8, 2018 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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