A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska. Unique identifier: ak16135940. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16135940, at00oqpg79. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:13:58 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sutton-Alpine in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/05/17 / 2017-05-29 08:13:58 / May 29, 2017 @ 8:13 am. Exact location of event, depth 24.7 km, -147.9247° West, 61.8469° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.7 km (15 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meadow Lakes, Wasilla, Tanaina (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km E of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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