A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (37 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -144.3376° West, latitude 69.6477° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 15:07:02 / January 9, 2020 @ 3:07 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:07:02 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006wxs. Unique identifier: us70006wxs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 60 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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