A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from North Nenana in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 00:32:52 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.9 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/20 / 2020-02-20 09:32:52 / February 20, 2020 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 15.9 km, -149.053° West, 64.9628° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0202chykke. Id of event: ak0202chykke.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Badger (c. 19 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Badger, Fairbanks, College (min 5000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days nine 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km N of North Nenana, Alaska.
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