A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 75 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (47 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 17:46:11 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i0wy. Unique identifier: us1000i0wy. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 02:46:11 / December 3, 2018 @ 2:46 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.4152 West, latitude 69.5145 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 75 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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