A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 114.5 km (71 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak14534962. Unique identifier: ak14534962. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/16 / 2016-12-02 07:39:26 / December 2, 2016 @ 7:39 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 114.5 km, -152.0887° West, 61.0189° North. The temblor was picked up at 22:39:26 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 56 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska.
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