A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -151.7709° West, 60.7351° North, depth 92 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 06:38:00 / September 14, 2019 @ 6:38 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 92 km (57 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:38:00 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019bt4wxrg. Id of event: ak019bt4wxrg.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 26 km W of Nikiski, Alaska.
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