A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The temblor was reported at 18:59:32 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/11/15 / 2015-11-26 18:59:32 / November 26, 2015 @ 6:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -151.8499 West, latitude 59.879 North, depth = 55.6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.6 km (35 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12088088. Id of event: ak12088088.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalifornsky, Homer. Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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