A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 86 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (53 miles). Exact location, longitude -145.4076° West, latitude 69.6542° North, depth = 0 km. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:21:57 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20280465. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20280465. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Global time and date of event 14/10/18 / 2018-10-14 01:21:57 / October 14, 2018 @ 1:21 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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