A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Sterling in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.4 km (32 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:17:29 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17641059. Id of event: ak17641059. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.6785 West, latitude 60.711 North, depth = 51.4 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/12/17 / 2017-12-22 16:17:29 / December 22, 2017 @ 4:17 pm.
Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anchorage, Kalifornsky, Kenai.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 19 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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