A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 67 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -144.113° West, 69.5478° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/02/19 / 2019-02-06 18:03:52 / February 6, 2019 @ 6:03 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000je9l. Id of event: us2000je9l. The temblor was picked up at 09:03:52 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 67 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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