A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10.1 km, -148.1654° West, 61.7486° North. Id of earthquake: ak18202118. Event ids that are associated: ak18202118, at00p36lgr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.1 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Sutton-Alpine in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 21:10:04 / January 26, 2018 @ 9:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:10:04 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eagle River, Knik-Fairview, Meadow Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km E of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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