A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Y in Alaska on Monday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Y in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 03:08:33 / July 21, 2015 @ 3:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, -149.649° West, 62.315° North, depth 47 km. The temblor was reported at 19:08:33 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47 km (29 miles). Id of earthquake: at00nrti29. Event ids that are associated: at00nrti29.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Knik-Fairview, Gateway, Palmer. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km NNE of Y, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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