A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -147.6792° West, latitude 61.5855° North, depth = 40.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.8 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/19 / 2019-09-08 20:43:04 / September 8, 2019 @ 8:43 pm. Event id: ak019bjg20on. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019bjg20on. The temblor was detected at 11:43:04 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km ESE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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