A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:59:13 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -147.8185° West, latitude 61.8041° North, depth = 11.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.8 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/08/18 / 2018-08-11 04:59:13 / August 11, 2018 @ 4:59 am. Event id: ak20061539. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20061539.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 54 km E of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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