A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 17:58:19 / April 25, 2020 @ 5:58 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.1 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak0205c4t33g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0205c4t33g. Exact location of event, longitude -151.3217 West, latitude 60.75 North, depth = 55.1 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:58:19 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 6 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska.
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