A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: ak18571095. Event ids that are associated: ak18571095, us2000d8ye. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 01:27:47 / February 28, 2018 @ 1:27 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.8 km (17 miles). Exact location of event, depth 27.8 km, -148.7237° West, 62.3502° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:27:47 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gateway, Tanaina, Lakes. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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