A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 77.5 km (48 miles). Exact location of event, depth 77.5 km, -151.6467° West, 60.8284° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17483219. Id of event: ak17483219. The temblor was reported at 13:31:13 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 22:31:13 / December 5, 2017 @ 10:31 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 24 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska.
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