A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Nenana in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 11:47:51 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.4 km, -149.341° West, 64.5502° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.4 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020cwwuh2n. Id of event: ak020cwwuh2n. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/20 / 2020-10-07 11:47:51 / October 7, 2020 @ 11:47 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fairbanks, College. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 11 km W of Nenana, Alaska.
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