A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 110 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (68 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -144.4789° West, 69.1863° North, depth 17.6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 22:17:41 / July 14, 2019 @ 10:17 pm UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:17:41 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.6 km (11 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0198yuzy0g. Unique identifier: ak0198yuzy0g.
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 two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 110 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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