A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.6 km (38 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -150.9217° West, 60.1961° North, depth 60.6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 12:22:23 / July 12, 2015 @ 12:22 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11645187. Id of event: ak11645187. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:22:23 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer, Kenai, Sterling (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 28 km SE of Cohoe, Alaska.
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