A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 82 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (51 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -144.7603° West, latitude 69.5064° North, depth = 0 km. Unique identifier: ak0198lm998n. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0198lm998n, us70004dax. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:43:18 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 21:43:18 / July 6, 2019 @ 9:43 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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