A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (37 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 12:03:54 / January 9, 2019 @ 12:03 pm. Event id: us2000j1w5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j1w5. The temblor was picked up at 03:03:54 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -144.1629 West, latitude 69.6256 North, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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