A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83.2 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 12:18:29 / January 13, 2017 @ 12:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.2697 West, latitude 61.4844 North, depth = 83.2 km. Id of earthquake: ak15067389. Event ids that are associated: ak15067389. The temblor was detected at 03:18:29 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km W of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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