A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.8 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 21:13:41 / July 26, 2020 @ 9:13 pm. Id of earthquake: ak0209kcd66o. Event ids that are associated: us6000b4hb, ak0209kcd66o. The temblor was reported at 21:13:41 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 3.8 km, -133.5245° West, 58.3582° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 52 km E of Juneau, Alaska.
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