A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Y in Alaska. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:49:18 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -150.0718° West, latitude 62.207° North, depth = 34.8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.8 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak19839546. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19839546. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 03:49:18 / July 5, 2018 @ 3:49 am.
Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gateway, Knik-Fairview, Lakes. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km WNW of Y, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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