A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 95.9 km (60 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 00:20:09 / November 24, 2015 @ 12:20 am. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:20:09 / 3:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak12050096. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12050096. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.5155 West, latitude 60.3133 North, depth = 95.9 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km SSE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
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