A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Ester in Alaska. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20001110. Id of event: ak20001110. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 04:57:44 / August 1, 2018 @ 4:57 am. The temblor was detected at 19:57:44 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.8 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -148.3191 West, latitude 64.6563 North, depth = 9.8 km.
Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Badger (c. 19 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Badger, Fairbanks, College (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km SW of Ester, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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