A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 33 km ESE of Kaktovik, Alaska (21 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 17:37:59 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.2 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude -142.7592° West, latitude 70.0479° North, depth = 8.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/03/20 / 2020-03-23 02:37:59 / March 23, 2020 @ 2:37 am. Id of earthquake: ak0203tb0qa2. Event ids that are associated: ak0203tb0qa2, us70008ebh.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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