A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska on Tuesday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:26:14 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14168432. Id of event: ak14168432. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.5 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.2508 West, latitude 60.2795 North, depth = 54.5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/16 / 2016-10-04 11:26:14 / October 4, 2016 @ 11:26 am.
Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer, Sterling, Kenai (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SSE of Cohoe, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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