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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Kaktovik in Alaska


Earthquake location 69.5733S, -144.5394WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 71 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (44 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g7ay. Id of event: us1000g7ay. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.5394 West, latitude 69.5733 North, depth = 10 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:26:15 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 18:26:15 / August 12, 2018 @ 6:26 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 71 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -144.5394° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 69.5733° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-12 18:26:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-13 14:29:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 199 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.695 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 175 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000g7ay Id of event.
Event Code 1000g7ay An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g7ay, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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