A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Sterling in Alaska. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:03:26 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70004gnh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0198s10y0m, us70004gnh. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.7 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 09:03:26 / July 10, 2019 @ 9:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -150.1656 West, latitude 60.4616 North, depth = 41.7 km.
Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalifornsky, Kenai, Sterling. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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