A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Y in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -150.1111° West, 61.9779° North, depth 5.7 km. Global time and date of event 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 14:58:23 / November 6, 2015 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:58:23 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11778427. Unique identifier: ak11778427.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 24 km SSW of Y, Alaska.
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