A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from North Pole in Alaska on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 02:44:25 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 11:44:25 / December 17, 2016 @ 11:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -146.64 West, latitude 65.129 North, depth = 17.2 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14746648. Id of event: ak14746648. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.2 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was College, Fairbanks, Badger (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Badger (c. 19 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km NE of North Pole, Alaska.
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