A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.9 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/03/19 / 2019-03-22 00:09:44 / March 22, 2019 @ 12:09 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.3142 West, latitude 69.5516 North, depth = 9.9 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0193pyl4t3, us1000jk2a. Id of event: ak0193pyl4t3. The temblor was picked up at 15:09:44 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days six hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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