A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Kenai in Alaska on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -151.67° West, latitude 60.5589° North, depth = 71 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 03:52:20 / September 25, 2019 @ 3:52 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019cba4hz1. Unique identifier: ak019cba4hz1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71 km (44 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:52:20 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km W of Kenai, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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