A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Ester in Alaska on Wednesday. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:17:30 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak019s77ryy. Event ids that are associated: ak019s77ryy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.3 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 11.3 km, -149.1378° West, 65.2224° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 05:17:30 / January 17, 2019 @ 5:17 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fairbanks, College (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km NW of Ester, Alaska.
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