A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 83 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska (52 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 11:12:20 / January 20, 2019 @ 11:12 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.4 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 4.4 km, -143.6518° West, 69.3718° North. The temblor was reported at 02:12:20 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak019x9dbun. Event ids that are associated: ak019x9dbun, us2000j6ly.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 83 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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