A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was detected at 17:37:21 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.2 km (64 miles). Exact location of event, depth 103.2 km, -152.2847° West, 60.3801° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 02:37:21 / July 27, 2019 @ 2:37 am. Unique identifier: ak0199k17131. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0199k17131.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 27 km ESE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
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