A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kalifornsky in Alaska on Tuesday. Event id: ak0196hkkmcm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0196hkkmcm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.2 km (38 miles). Exact location of event, depth 61.2 km, -151.5181° West, 60.4761° North. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:17:34 / 2:17 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/19 / 2019-05-21 23:17:34 / May 21, 2019 @ 11:17 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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 WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska.
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