A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska on Monday. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:16:09 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 90.3 km (56 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.2135 West, latitude 60.3433 North, depth = 90.3 km. Global time and date of event 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 19:16:09 / November 21, 2016 @ 7:16 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak14377064. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14377064.
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km ESE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
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