A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 09:12:54 / November 28, 2018 @ 9:12 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak20412030. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20412030. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.8 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:12:54 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -144.9742° West, latitude 69.7545° North, depth = 34.8 km.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-nine 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. 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: 66 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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