A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska. Exact location of event, longitude -151.1576 West, latitude 60.6475 North, depth = 53.2 km. Event id: ak11656380. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11656380. Global time and date of event 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 00:54:56 / July 26, 2015 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:54:56 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.2 km (33 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Sterling, Kenai. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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