A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 66 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 04:00:26 / August 13, 2018 @ 4:00 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.7 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.9216 West, latitude 69.7301 North, depth = 17.7 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20089851. Id of event: ak20089851. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:00:26 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 66 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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