A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/20 / 2020-07-21 07:49:43 / July 21, 2020 @ 7:49 am. Event id: ak0209buk2y5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000as6x, ak0209buk2y5. Exact location, longitude -133.4953° West, latitude 58.3574° North, depth = 2.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.4 km (1 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:49:43 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km E of Juneau, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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