A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -144.483° West, 69.5224° North, depth 12.6 km. Unique identifier: ak20414480. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20414480, us1000hxsy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/11/18 / 2018-11-29 06:30:53 / November 29, 2018 @ 6:30 am. The temblor was detected at 21:30:53 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.6 km (8 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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