A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 12:23:39 / July 5, 2018 @ 12:23 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -148.4658 West, latitude 61.8704 North, depth = 1.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.9 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:23:39 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak19841007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19841007.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Knik-Fairview, Meadow Lakes, Wasilla.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km ENE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska.
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