A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 20:02:51 / November 8, 2015 @ 8:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.2 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -151.7605° West, latitude 60.19° North, depth = 72.2 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:02:51 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak11805118. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11805118.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Homer, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (23 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 32 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska.
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