A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 02:51:01 / July 1, 2019 @ 2:51 am. The temblor was detected at 17:51:01 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: ak0198d1ayq2. Event ids that are associated: ak0198d1ayq2. Exact location, longitude -144.2006° West, latitude 69.5779° North, depth = 0.1 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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