A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 69 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (43 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -144.1569° West, 69.5335° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/18 / 2018-12-19 02:54:13 / December 19, 2018 @ 2:54 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iuyn. Id of event: us2000iuyn. The temblor was reported at 17:54:13 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 69 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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