A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Fritz Creek in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak019fe2b0zi. Event ids that are associated: ak019fe2b0zi. The temblor was reported at 17:13:52 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/19 / 2019-12-01 02:13:52 / December 1, 2019 @ 2:13 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.9621 West, latitude 59.6117 North, depth = 48 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 23 km SE of Fritz Creek, Alaska.
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