A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20291297. Unique identifier: ak20291297. Exact location of earthquake, -144.2035° West, 69.4924° North, depth 4 km. The temblor was detected at 20:56:03 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 05:56:03 / October 26, 2018 @ 5:56 am.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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