A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Sterling in Alaska on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.8 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019eklkhhx. Id of event: ak019eklkhhx. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:50:39 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/19 / 2019-11-13 20:50:39 / November 13, 2019 @ 8:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.4325 West, latitude 60.6364 North, depth = 19.8 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage, Kalifornsky, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. 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: 21 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska.
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