A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 64 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles). Exact location of event, depth 22.33 km, -144.3434° West, 69.612° North. The temblor was reported at 15:09:47 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000jk2a. Event ids that are associated: us1000jk2a. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/19 / 2019-03-22 00:09:47 / March 22, 2019 @ 12:09 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.33 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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: 64 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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