A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Juneau in Alaska on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0209kcijcd. Id of event: ak0209kcijcd. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -133.5787 West, latitude 58.3455 North, depth = 3.4 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 21:38:48 / July 26, 2020 @ 9:38 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:38:48 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau. Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km E of Juneau, Alaska.
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