A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 103 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (64 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:59:11 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 05:59:11 / July 5, 2019 @ 5:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, -145.3255° West, 69.42° North, depth 0.1 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0198jpaeek. Id of event: ak0198jpaeek.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-four 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.
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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: 103 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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