A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 72 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20303721. Unique identifier: ak20303721. The temblor was picked up at 12:12:30 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 21:12:30 / October 29, 2018 @ 9:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -144.7614° West, latitude 69.6165° North, depth = 0 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-three 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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