A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Fritz Creek in Alaska on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 13:06:44 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 52.4 km, -151.0765° West, 60.0408° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.4 km (33 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14389356. Id of event: ak14389356. Global time and date of event 22/11/16 / 2016-11-22 22:06:44 / November 22, 2016 @ 10:06 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Sterling, Homer (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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