A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 61 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (38 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: ak0192r8xkdk. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0192r8xkdk. The temblor was picked up at 16:15:44 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -144.2559 West, latitude 69.6255 North, depth = 0.3 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/03/19 / 2019-03-01 01:15:44 / March 1, 2019 @ 1:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.3 km (0 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-three 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: 61 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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