A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 68 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/19 / 2019-01-10 00:30:57 / January 10, 2019 @ 12:30 am. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:30:57 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -145.0907° West, 69.7846° North, depth 2.6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019gjk0t2. Unique identifier: ak019gjk0t2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.6 km (2 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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