A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11688170. Unique identifier: ak11688170. Global time and date of event 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 02:32:21 / August 30, 2015 @ 2:32 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:32:21 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 106.4 km (66 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -152.1977° West, 60.4994° North, depth 106.4 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (31 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 30 km E of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
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