A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Juneau in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 09:27:10 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/16 / 2016-12-30 18:27:10 / December 30, 2016 @ 6:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -134.7758° West, 58.6673° North, depth 0.2 km. Event id: ak14853757. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak14853757. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.2 km (0 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (28 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km NNW of Juneau, Alaska.
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