A earthquake with magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Skagway in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.3 km (2 miles). Id of earthquake: ak15854231. Event ids that are associated: ak15854231, at00opa2ee. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 14:18:15 / May 1, 2017 @ 2:18 pm. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:18:15 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -136.6182 West, latitude 59.8487 North, depth = 3.3 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Skagway in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Whitehorse. The epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) from Whitehorse (c. 23 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 85 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska.
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