A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.15 km (10 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000hhe6. Event ids that are associated: us1000hhe6, ak20291252. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -143.9897 West, latitude 69.556 North, depth = 16.15 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:10:19 / 6:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 03:10:19 / October 26, 2018 @ 3:10 am UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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