A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 14:37:07 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.6 km (60 miles). Exact location, longitude -152.4999° West, latitude 60.2393° North, depth = 96.6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0203qcg0zq. Unique identifier: ak0203qcg0zq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/03/20 / 2020-03-21 23:37:07 / March 21, 2020 @ 11:37 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky. Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km SSE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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