A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 66 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000haw7. Unique identifier: us1000haw7. Exact location of earthquake, -143.9226° West, 69.5455° North, depth 10 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:27:47 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/18 / 2018-10-12 00:27:47 / October 12, 2018 @ 12:27 am.
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 ten, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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