A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (37 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0194oqag7z. Unique identifier: ak0194oqag7z. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.7 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:47:55 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 02:47:55 / April 12, 2019 @ 2:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.1879 West, latitude 69.6299 North, depth = 11.7 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-two 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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