A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 58 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (36 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 19:47:10 / November 28, 2018 @ 7:47 pm. Event id: us1000hxk6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hxk6. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:47:10 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -143.9568° West, 69.6234° North, depth 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 eight, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 58 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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