A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 117 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (73 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:32:01 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.7 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak0198ge1vwr. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0198ge1vwr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 05:32:01 / July 3, 2019 @ 5:32 am. Exact location of earthquake, -144.5462° West, 69.1326° North, depth 23.7 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 117 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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