A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 79 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (49 miles). Exact location, longitude -145.0131° West, latitude 69.6013° North, depth = 0.1 km. Global time and date of event 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 14:04:55 / October 15, 2018 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:04:55 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak20283856. Event ids that are associated: ak20283856.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 79 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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