A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles) on Sunday. Unique identifier: us1000hc5l. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20281943, us1000hc5l. Exact location, longitude -144.0916° West, latitude 69.4849° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 00:05:19 / October 15, 2018 @ 12:05 am. The temblor was reported at 15:05:19 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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