A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 00:02:37 / July 26, 2016 @ 12:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 98.3 km, -152.0173° West, 60.3514° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.3 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:02:37 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13799182. Unique identifier: ak13799182.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km W of Cohoe, Alaska.
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