A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 100 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (62 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -145.7053 West, latitude 69.5903 North, depth = 0 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Unique identifier: ak0193jp72ut. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0193jp72ut. The temblor was picked up at 12:52:50 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/03/19 / 2019-03-18 21:52:50 / March 18, 2019 @ 9:52 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 100 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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