A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from North Nenana in Alaska. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:42:45 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak0194n7hhj6. Event ids that are associated: ak0194n7hhj6, us700034ew. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -149.2573° West, latitude 64.7092° North, depth = 18.7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.7 km (12 miles). Global time and date of event 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 10:42:45 / April 11, 2019 @ 10:42 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Badger, Fairbanks, College. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Badger (c. 19 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 18 km N of North Nenana, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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