A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles) on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20098915. Unique identifier: ak20098915. The temblor was detected at 05:38:42 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -144.3144 West, latitude 69.5688 North, depth = 1.1 km. Global time and date of event 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 14:38:42 / August 13, 2018 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.1 km (1 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 68 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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