A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Sterling in Alaska. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 09:03:25 / July 10, 2019 @ 9:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.9 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -150.2267° West, latitude 60.4344° North, depth = 34.9 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:03:25 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak0198s10vvz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0198s10vvz.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Kenai, Sterling (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km ESE of Sterling, Alaska.
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