A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sterling in Alaska. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/18 / 2018-05-31 13:29:45 / May 31, 2018 @ 1:29 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.9 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: ak19694990. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19694990. Exact location of event, longitude -150.289 West, latitude 60.3401 North, depth = 34.9 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:29:45 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky, Sterling (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SE of Sterling, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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