A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska on Monday. The temblor was detected at 16:37:01 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -151.6197 West, latitude 60.3914 North, depth = 53.9 km. Global time and date of event 10/08/20 / 2020-08-10 16:37:01 / August 10, 2020 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.9 km (33 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak020a92l9fn. Unique identifier: ak020a92l9fn.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer, Sterling, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km W of Cohoe, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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