A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Talkeetna in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.7 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak11781308. Event ids that are associated: ak11781308. Exact location of event, longitude -150.2973 West, latitude 62.1902 North, depth = 40.7 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:44:05 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 23:44:05 / November 6, 2015 @ 11:44 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakes, Wasilla, Tanaina (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SSW of Talkeetna, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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