A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 61 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (38 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.1 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -144.1849 West, latitude 69.6115 North, depth = 1.1 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 08:04:25 / August 13, 2018 @ 8:04 am UTC/GMT. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:04:25 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20093625. Unique identifier: ak20093625.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 61 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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