A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 11:13:10 / August 25, 2015 @ 11:13 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak11685513. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11685513. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.5 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -151.8723° West, 60.2922° North, depth 93.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:13:10 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer, Sterling, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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