A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20290321. Unique identifier: ak20290321. The temblor was reported at 21:23:15 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -144.2885 West, latitude 69.5865 North, depth = 0 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/18 / 2018-10-25 06:23:15 / October 25, 2018 @ 6:23 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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