A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11643972. Unique identifier: ak11643972. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 09:38:45 / July 9, 2015 @ 9:38 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.5 km (41 miles). Exact location, longitude -151.9171° West, latitude 60.2462° North, depth = 65.5 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:38:45 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Homer, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska.
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