A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 78 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (48 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 17:40:30 / February 3, 2019 @ 5:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -144.4188° West, latitude 69.4867° North, depth = 7.6 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.6 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak0191kimt4e. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0191kimt4e. The temblor was picked up at 08:40:30 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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