A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Ester in Alaska on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.9 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:09:02 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11684282. Unique identifier: ak11684282. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.8384 West, latitude 65.1456 North, depth = 15.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 07:09:02 / August 24, 2015 @ 7:09 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Fairbanks (c. 31 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Badger (c. 19 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from College (c. 13 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Badger, Fairbanks, College (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 51 km NW of Ester, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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