A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 89 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (55 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -145.5456 West, latitude 69.6693 North, depth = 0 km. Global time and date of event 14/10/18 / 2018-10-14 09:50:29 / October 14, 2018 @ 9:50 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20280712. Unique identifier: ak20280712. The temblor was detected at 00:50:29 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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