A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 83 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska (52 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.11 km (1 miles). Event id: us2000j6ly. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j6ly. Global time and date of event 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 11:12:21 / January 20, 2019 @ 11:12 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:12:21 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -143.7231° West, latitude 69.3809° North, depth = 2.11 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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