A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Sterling in Alaska on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/18 / 2018-10-18 09:14:40 / October 18, 2018 @ 9:14 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20286404. Unique identifier: ak20286404. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:14:40 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -150.6192° West, 60.7281° North, depth 45.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.1 km (28 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Kalifornsky. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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