A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles). Exact location of event, depth 0.8 km, -144.9038° West, 69.6351° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:30:55 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/03/19 / 2019-03-22 16:30:55 / March 22, 2019 @ 4:30 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.8 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak0193q88liw. Event ids that are associated: ak0193q88liw.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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