A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak11713527. Event ids that are associated: ak11713527. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 06:48:54 / September 19, 2015 @ 6:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.2 km (44 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:48:54 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -151.9648° West, 60.3512° North, depth 70.2 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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