A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 65 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 08:00:57 / November 21, 2018 @ 8:00 am. Exact location of event, longitude -143.9248 West, latitude 69.5527 North, depth = 23.85 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.85 km (15 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hutm. Id of event: us1000hutm. The temblor was picked up at 23:00:57 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days six hundred and nine 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 65 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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