A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 65 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 08:00:53 / November 21, 2018 @ 8:00 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.0791 West, latitude 69.4432 North, depth = 5.1 km. Unique identifier: ak20385497. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20385497, us1000hutm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:00:53 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.1 km (3 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 65 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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