A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Y in Alaska on Thursday. Global time and date of event 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 00:18:03 / August 3, 2018 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:18:03 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20003922. Unique identifier: ak20003922. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.5 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -149.5604 West, latitude 62.208 North, depth = 48.5 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Knik-Fairview, Gateway, Palmer (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop).
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ENE of Y, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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