A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Sterling in Alaska. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 05:31:06 / June 10, 2018 @ 5:31 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.9 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.5675 West, latitude 60.0752 North, depth = 44.9 km. Id of earthquake: ak19747360. Event ids that are associated: ak19747360. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:31:06 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer, Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 52 km SSE of Sterling, Alaska.
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