A earthquake with magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Skagway in Alaska on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 0 km, -136.5708° West, 59.8951° North. A tsunami warning has been issued near Skagway in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ak15852756. Event ids that are associated: at00op9xh5, ak15852756. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 12:31:54 / May 1, 2017 @ 12:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). The 6.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:31:54 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 124 km (77 miles) from Whitehorse (c. 23 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Whitehorse (min 5000 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km NW of Skagway, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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