A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 80 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (50 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.6 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 18/11/18 / 2018-11-18 05:46:43 / November 18, 2018 @ 5:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -144.8259 West, latitude 69.5076 North, depth = 10.6 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20375010, us1000htfj. Id of event: ak20375010. The temblor was detected at 20:46:43 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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