A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (47 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.16 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:42:19 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 08:42:19 / October 27, 2018 @ 8:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude -144.4804 West, latitude 69.5245 North, depth = 5.16 km. Event id: us1000hhxk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hhxk.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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