A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. Exact location of event, longitude -133.6075 West, latitude 58.3645 North, depth = 0 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:28:01 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020ahf78ey. Id of event: ak020ahf78ey. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/20 / 2020-08-15 21:28:01 / August 15, 2020 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km E of Juneau, Alaska.
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