A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.3 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/17 / 2017-03-10 02:22:11 / March 10, 2017 @ 2:22 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak15456019. Event ids that are associated: ak15456019. The temblor was detected at 16:22:11 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.8386 West, latitude 60.2192 North, depth = 58.3 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Homer, Kenai. Close 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 six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 33 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska.
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