A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from North Nenana in Alaska on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 20:46:55 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0195aa220w. Unique identifier: ak0195aa220w. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.2 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 05:46:55 / April 25, 2019 @ 5:46 am. Exact location, longitude -149.2311° West, latitude 64.6746° North, depth = 22.2 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fairbanks, College. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 12 km NNW of North Nenana, Alaska.
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