A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska. Global time and date of event 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 07:43:59 / May 2, 2016 @ 7:43 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.2 km (62 miles). Event id: ak13508581. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13508581. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:43:59 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -152.3144° West, 60.2426° North, depth 99.2 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kenai, Kalifornsky. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 35 km SE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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