A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13781224. Id of event: ak13781224. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 14:04:28 / July 20, 2016 @ 2:04 pm. The temblor was picked up at 06:04:28 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 18.5 km, -148.6122° West, 61.7281° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.5 km (11 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River, Knik-Fairview (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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