A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.7191 West, latitude 59.9988 North, depth = 100 km. Global time and date of event 22/12/15 / 2015-12-22 18:45:11 / December 22, 2015 @ 6:45 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 100 km (62 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:45:11 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak12293661. Event ids that are associated: ak12293661.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer. The epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km S of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
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