A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Juneau in Alaska on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/20 / 2020-07-27 18:36:47 / July 27, 2020 @ 6:36 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -133.5879° West, 58.2887° North, depth 3.63 km. Id of earthquake: us6000b4w7. Event ids that are associated: us6000b4w7. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.63 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:36:47 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juneau (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 48 km E of Juneau, Alaska.
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