A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kalifornsky in Alaska on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.559 West, latitude 60.4216 North, depth = 30.4 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:59:14 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20435086. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20435086. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 01:59:14 / December 3, 2018 @ 1:59 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.4 km (19 miles).
The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska.
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