A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Y in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.7 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 14:07:08 / June 28, 2018 @ 2:07 pm. The temblor was reported at 05:07:08 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak19806874. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19806874. Exact location of event, longitude -149.2336 West, latitude 62.3298 North, depth = 19.7 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Meadow Lakes, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km ENE of Y, Alaska.
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