A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from North Nenana in Alaska. Global time and date of event 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 11:50:13 / September 28, 2015 @ 11:50 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.6 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -148.9467° West, 64.7301° North, depth 11.6 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11725460. Id of event: ak11725460. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:50:13 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Badger (c. 19 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Badger, Fairbanks, College.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km NNE of North Nenana, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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