A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Badger in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.8 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -146.9457° West, 65.2764° North, depth 5.8 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 05:09:02 / May 8, 2017 @ 5:09 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15978676. Id of event: ak15978676. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:09:02 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Badger (c. 19 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was College, Fairbanks, Badger (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 59 km NNE of Badger, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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