A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.4117 West, latitude 60.3517 North, depth = 108.4 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11660670. Id of event: ak11660670. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.4 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 15:28:36 / July 28, 2015 @ 3:28 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:28:36 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 23 km SE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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