A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 159 km SSE of Kotzebue, Alaska (99 miles). Exact location of event, depth 0 km, -161.8959° West, 65.4938° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20275168. Unique identifier: ak20275168. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 00:01:22 / October 10, 2018 @ 12:01 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:01:22 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 159 km SSE of Kotzebue, Alaska.
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