A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 10:29:56 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -151.8509 West, latitude 61.116 North, depth = 98.9 km. Unique identifier: ak12939933. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12939933. Global time and date of event 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 19:29:56 / March 2, 2016 @ 7:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.9 km (61 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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