A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 77.3 km (48 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:15:20 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak18025099. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18025099. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.8587 West, latitude 60.1498 North, depth = 77.3 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/18 / 2018-01-09 12:15:20 / January 9, 2018 @ 12:15 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Homer, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska.
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